Originally Posted by
KingBraden
3 hours from consumption to onset is pretty fast for food poisoning unless it was staphylococcal which would almost certainly impact a lot more people. Probably should consider that it was previous meal (people are really bad at identifying the source of food poisoning because even the fast acting ones can take 6+ hours before any symptoms which means you likely had a few things to eat after the infected food).
Source:
https://www.fda.gov/food/resourcesfo.../ucm103263.htm
Originally Posted by
itsaboutthejourney
Sorry to hear. Please make sure you let Delta know and I think hearing about the history of that facility (sanitary issues), you should let LAWA know. Perhaps tweet or direct message them?
I don't use any social media. I guess I could send in a comment on the website.
I am not looking for any compensation or anything.
Originally Posted by
BenA
Agree with the others - it’s equally likely to have been something you had 6-24 hours prior, based on the incubation period for most stomach based illnesses. Short term reactions can certainly happen, of course, but it’s worth broadening your horizons rather than assuming it was the most recently consumed meal.
Norovirus can also be a cause, which you could have picked up in the last few days (particularly if traveling internationally)...
In any case, don’t expect Delta to do much even if you do have evidence. In a past case where several colleagues and I were able to identify a particular onboard meal as a potential source, Delta waited over a month to investigate and then referred me to their risk management department rather than actually bothering to look into the issue. They eventually contacted the caterer, but by that point two months later any useful information was long gone. They also claimed there were no other reports of illness, despite my colleague filing one via the post flight survey - after which they admitted they didn’t look at those surveys. All in all a pretty unsatisfying experience, so i’d set your expectations pretty low.
I flew HKG-SEA in D1 overnight landing Friday morning @ SEA. I ate the main meal and mid-flight snack on the flight, but did not eat the arrival meal. We arrived in SEA at 7:22am. So, I am guessing that the last time I ate ANY food was approximately 2:00am SEA time on the flight.
I drank water at the SEA SkyClub from a Dasani bottle.
I flew SEA-LAX in F but declined the terrible food options (Spicy shrimp pasta salad or a German sausage--no thanks, Delta) I drank a Sprite on that flight from a can.
I was at LAX from about 3:45pm-11:30pm. I posted the food that I ate in the T2 SkyClub around 10pm, which was the only food in put into my stomach since almost 22 hours, hence why I am attributing the sickness to this food.
I am certainly not a doctor, and I have only had food poising once--and it also kicked in within about 4-5 hours.
I had no stomach pains, no sickness feeling. Just straight liquid coming out the back end at 2am, 5am, 9am, 12pm, 1pm, and 6 pm. It ws not fun. When I got food poisoning in Bangkok I felt completely sick for about 20 hours straight.
I feel extremely dehydrated today and weak from it.
Originally Posted by
LoganFlyer
FWIW (and it may be worth nothing), I used the T2 SkyClub Friday night for a couple of hours, had some food there, and had no problems.
Good to hear. Thank you for the data point. ^^