Woman's "disgusting" find in airplane food
A woman nearly “threw up” after she discovered mould in her airplane food.
Jamie Lunde was travelling with United Airlines from Denver to Los Angeles when she ordered a US$10 (AU$14.45) tapas box on the flight as a snack.
After taking a few bites off the hummus, she found that the food item was covered with mould.
“I started eating it before I completely removed the foil on top. Almost threw up when I saw the mold!” Lunde wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of the tainted dip.
The passenger shared that the cabin crew failed to take the food away and refund her.
“When I brought it to their attention they took my card to refund me, did not take away the molded hummus and find out today they charged me twice!!”
The pack of hummus was included in the tapas box alongside almonds, bread sticks, bruschetta, dark chocolate, crackers and olives.
Instagram users expressed disgust over the finding.
“Flying is a joke these days,” one commented.
“That is terrible!!! #unitedairlines fix this,” another added.
“Disgusting,” someone else wrote.
A United Airlines spokesperson told The Sun: “We are sorry to hear that on this occasion the food product was not up to our usual high standard.
“We have reached out to the customer directly to apologise and will review this matter with our catering supplier.”