{"id":22500,"date":"2019-04-01T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=22500"},"modified":"2019-04-01T19:35:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T19:35:31","slug":"atlanta-indian-boys-peanut-allergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/atlanta-indian-boys-peanut-allergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Ignore Severe Peanut Allergy of Indian-origin Boys from USA and Kick Them off Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017, a US family was kicked off a Delta flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles due to the argument between the family and Delta\u2019s crew members over the family\u2019s refusal to give up their 2-year-old child\u2019s seat which they had actually paid for, according to BBC News.<\/p>\n

In 2019, it is Delta\u2019s partner airline, Korean Air, which kicked Atlanta<\/span><\/a>-based two Indian American teen boys off the flight from South Korea to Manila where their father, Rakesh Patel, is residing temporarily.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the week-old incident that grabbed global attention, the two unaccompanied minors of Indian-origin boarded the connecting flight at Seoul for Manila in the second leg of their itinerary<\/strong>, which was originally booked with Delta Airlines. After having visited their ailing grandmother in Atlanta, the boys traveled on Delta Airlines from Atlanta to Seoul in the first leg of the itinerary.<\/p>\n

\"Patel<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the boys \u2013 15 and 16 \u2013 has severe peanut allergy, which Rakesh Patel had notified Delta Airlines<\/span><\/a> about prior to his sons\u2019 origin flight schedule<\/strong>. Delta kept his special request to ensure a food allergy-free environment for his eldest son by having not served peanuts in any form, during the first leg of the journey.<\/p>\n

The trouble ensued for the Patel sons when they boarded the connecting flight with Korean Air and were told by a flight attendant that peanuts would be served on board.<\/strong> They sought options from the flight attendant to help them avoid or reduce the exposure to peanut allergy. They even pleaded with the crew members to make them sit with an air mask at the back of the plane, but the request was turned down.<\/p>\n

The unaccompanied teens were left with two options \u2013 to disembark the plane or manage to deal with the risks of exposure to peanuts.<\/strong> Several leading dailies and news channels quoted the Indian American Patel family saying that Korean Air blatantly told their sons aboard that a food allergy-free environment could not be guaranteed at the culinary discomfort of other guests who would have liked to be served peanuts as part of their inflight food<\/span><\/strong><\/a> menu.<\/p>\n

As the brother duo insisted on staying aboard and continued to make the crew understand their ordeal, they were forced off the plane and left stranded at Seoul Airport before they were put on a return flight to Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very shocked and almost in tears,\u201d the boys\u2019 mother said to ABC\u2019s Good Morning America.<\/strong> \u201cMy children were left stranded alone when I was sitting halfway around the world. It\u2019s not easy being in that situation when you are so far from your kids,\u201d said their father in a rueful tone during a media interview.<\/p>\n

The Patel family lodged a complaint with Delta Airlines, demanded full refund and sought an answer to the predicament caused to his children. Rakesh Patel wrote in the complaint:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt was not my fault. It was not my children’s fault. It was one of your partner airlines. You guys really need to make sure your partner airlines have the same policies. We just need to come up with some fair policies that allow passengers with severe allergies to be treated respectfully, fairly and allow them to travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though both Delta Airlines and Korean Air have apologized to the Patel family and promised an honest investigation of the incident, it has raised questions<\/strong> like whether two or more airlines operating an itinerary do sync their inflight service policies throughout the flight, whether they implement the same inflight service policy from the origin to the destinations, whether an airline can refuse to accommodate a passenger\u2019s special service request on board\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen airlines fail to confirm special service requests or deny providing certain special services aboard, air-ticketing agencies are made to bear the onus of operating airlines\u2019 failure or refusal to cater to few passengers\u2019 special needs on board. That\u2019s why we strongly advise our customers to contact airlines and check for confirmation of their special service requests at least 24 hours before their departure flight, even though we make sure to place their requests with operating airlines or validating carriers, right after booking their flights,\u201d said the chief customer relations officer of Indian Eagle<\/span><\/a>, a leading travel booking organization in the United States and a most reliable travel partner of Indians in America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please write in the comment if you were ever denied special inflight services, or you ever suffered heavy inconvenience on board, or if you have had the same or similar experience. Your experiences and suggestions may help the Patel family and other air travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2017, a US family was kicked off a Delta flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles due to the argument between the family and Delta\u2019s crew members over the family\u2019s refusal to give up their 2-year-old child\u2019s seat which they had actually paid for, according to BBC News. In 2019, it is Delta\u2019s partner airline, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[43,233],"yoast_head":"\nAirlines Ignore Peanut Allergy of Indian-origin Boys from USA and Kick Them off Plane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two Indian-origin boys from Atlanta, GA were kicked off Korean Air flight from Seoul to Manila due to severe peanut allergy concerns. 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