Vegetarian's horror at meaty in-flight meal

A Hindu woman is upset that a lifetime of not eating meat was undone when she was served chicken by mistake on a flight from New Zealand to India.
Pushplata Sharma, 56, of Blenheim, New Zealand, is a vegetarian who, as part of her religion, does not eat meat or eggs.
She had never eaten meat or eggs until she inadvertently ate chicken when it was served to her on a Singapore Airlines flight to New Delhi in February.
A Singapore Airlines spokesman said the airline was concerned that Sharma was served the wrong food, but the booking made by the travel agent did not ask for a special meal.
Sharma booked her tickets through Travelsmart Manners St, Wellington, and asked for an Indian meal free of meat and eggs, which was shown on the itinerary given to her.
However, after a mixup between the travel agent and the airline, the request was forgotten and the wrong meal was served.
The problem was compounded because Sharma speaks little English.
Speaking through her son-in-law, Ajay Gaur, Sharma said that when she was given the meal, she thought the chicken was cheese.
She realised the mistake only after she had eaten some, and was immediately sick.
A crew member who could understand her language apologised and brought her rice, chickpeas and bread, but she did not eat anything more on the flight or on the return journey, she said.
She felt sick whenever she thought of the meal, and had gone to a doctor for treatment for depression, she said.
24/08/11 Michael Berry/Sydney Morning Herald

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Categories: Foreign Aug 2011