This airline doesn’t want to be in any hot water.
Korean Air will no longer provide economy class passengers with instant noodles on long flights to prevent burn incidents during turbulence — three months after rough air currents left an elderly passenger on another airline dead and dozens of others injured.
Starting on Aug. 15, the airline will remove Shin Ramyun — a spicy noodle dish that requires boiling water to prepare — from its in-flight snack offerings “in response to the increasing trend of turbulence,” it said in a statement.
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