LONDON – A stewardess caused £20,000 of damage on a jumbo jet when her curry exploded in a microwave at 35,000ft.
The transatlantic flight from Heathrow carried on to Miami after cabin crew grabbed a fire extinguisher to douse the blazing oven.
Last night British Airways insisted there was no threat to passengers’ safety — although the Boeing 747 needed days of repairs.
The air hostess was heating up a ready meal she bought from a supermarket when the curry exploded. The Sun newspaper said BA has now banned staff from using new high-powered microwaves in club class kitchens for non-airline food on its fleet of jumbos.
A secret memo emailed to all BA long-haul crews — entitled “Microwave incident” — warns that grub needs special packaging because the ovens are twice as strong as domestic ones.
It says the incident with the curry had “disastrous consequences”. One BA employee said: “Many cabin crew like to bring their own meals to eat onboard.”
