BA launches probe after cockpit crew struck down by food poisoning during flight in echo of comedy classic Airplane!

ALL three British Airways pilots on a flight suffered food poisoning after a stopover in India. A first officer was “incapacitated” at 30,000ft on the 10½-hour flight to Heathrow and had to be put on oxygen. All three British Airways pilots on a flight suffered food poisoning after a stopover in India Credit: Alamy The drama echoed 1980 comedy movie Airplane! in which an entire flight crew falls ill Credit: Alamy The other two managed to continue working but their symptoms worsened after the Boeing 777 landed in Britain. The drama echoed 1980 comedy movie Airplane! in which an entire flight crew falls ill due to food ­poisoning from a fish dinner. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! BA bosses insisted flight safety was not compromised, but a source told The Sun: “An urgent investigation has been launched as this must not happen again.” Insiders at pilots’ union Balpa said officials are furious because there had been “dozens” of previous complaints about hygiene at their £130-a-night hotel in Hyderabad. READ MORE BRITISH AIRWAYS The pilots had shared breakfast and drinks in the hotel lounge, and all drank bottled water provided by an external company. They all filed Air Safety Reports and were asked to provide samples so doctors could try to pinpoint the source. BA told The Sun it was now assessing its hotel options in southern Indian city Hyderabad. The airline said: “The welfare of our colleagues is a top priority and we are reviewing crew accommodation in this location following some isolated reports of sickness.” Most read in The Sun A VIDEO has gone viral of a Spanish pilot on an unidentified flight appearing to fool Argentinian passengers into believing they had won the World Cup. As they celebrate, he silences them by saying over the tannoy: “Spain has won.” Argentine media slammed the stunt as “questionable sense of humour”. Comment now