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A B757 pilot reported biting into a broken dishware fragment embedded in his crew meal being eaten during cruise flight. No injury resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 974895 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aircraft Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 14500 Flight Crew Type 4500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Flight was scheduled for crew meals. Meal served to me was not marked as especially for crew; appeared to be a standard passenger meal and was marked as 'spinach lasagna roll.' while chewing the entrée I noticed something very crunchy. Around the third bite I bit down on something very hard and sharp. I extracted many pieces of sharp broken dishware from my mouth; the largest piece of which I saved and submitted to a union representative. It should be noted that the dish did not appear damaged; and that the sharp fragments were embedded in the food itself. As of this writing I do not appear to have suffered any injuries from ingesting and swallowing the debris; but this could have easily resulted in a serious medical problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 pilot reported biting into a broken dishware fragment embedded in his crew meal being eaten during cruise flight. No injury resulted.
Narrative: Flight was scheduled for crew meals. Meal served to me was not marked as especially for crew; appeared to be a standard passenger meal and was marked as 'Spinach Lasagna Roll.' While chewing the entrée I noticed something very crunchy. Around the third bite I bit down on something very hard and sharp. I extracted many pieces of sharp broken dishware from my mouth; the largest piece of which I saved and submitted to a union representative. It should be noted that the dish did not appear damaged; and that the sharp fragments were embedded in the food itself. As of this writing I do not appear to have suffered any injuries from ingesting and swallowing the debris; but this could have easily resulted in a serious medical problem.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.