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Article: Airline's attitude over nut allergy passenger slammed
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Katherine Rea (20) was travelling from Belfast to London with
Flybe last Friday and was horrified when crew onboard the plane
refused to alert other passengers about her condition.
The Queen's University student suffers from a serious peanut
allergy and has gone into anaphylactic shock - an extreme form of
allergic reaction to a particular substance - on four occasions and
required urgent medical intervention to prevent her from suffocating
to death.
Medical experts recommend that sufferers should inform fellow
passengers about their condition prior to a flight because severe
reactions can be triggered by inhaling particles of airborne nuts and
sufferers are often advised to carry an epipen ...