Peanuts allergy warning
I wasn't sure where to post this but this weekend on an ORD-MAN AA flight a passenger opened a package of peanuts at his seat. The lady passenger next to him had a severe allergy to peanuts and went into immediate anaphylactic shock. The lady was taken off the plane (presumably to the emergency room) and we sat there for two hours while they searched to get her bag off for security reasons. We then had an uneventful but late flight to MAN. I don't think that the airlines have thought out how to 1) encourage people to bring their own food and snacks since there are fewer meals and 2) warning people not to bring peanut-containing products to consume. I certainly had never thought of the problem when selecting snacks to bring. In her case could even a Snickers bar next to her trigger an attack?