Chili disaster: The airport food trend could ruin your next flight
There is one food that should never be served at an airport before passengers board a metal tube where their stomachs are exposed to the vagaries of air pressure. It seems so obvious, yet a decade ago Washington National Airport opened a Ben’s Chili BowlThe idea now is spread.
I’ve had some terrible ideas, but never “chili restaurant in an airport” bad pic.twitter.com/URNDA1CwVr
– Mosquito (@mxmclain) 5 August 2024
Ben’s Chili Bowl is a Washington institution. It’s been around for over 60 years, hosted civil rights leaders in the 1960s, and President Obama ate there the month he was sworn in as president in 2009. The file And Current status Scenes were shot there. It’s a tourist destination. But it’s not good chili.
On the other hand, that’s not the case either, but United Airlines thought it was a good idea.
The @united Club in @DENAirport In the past, these bizarrely huge, open bowls of chili were ready as soon as you walked in: pic.twitter.com/FIt2f0XfNE
– Emily Witko (@witkoochocinco) 5 August 2024
Goat flatulence once caused a Singapore Airlines plane to make an emergency landing. (Overheated cows caused a similar problem on a 747 near Heathrow.) And a passenger’s gastrointestinal problems caused a British Airways plane to turn around and fly back to London. And then there’s Delta’s famous diarrhea flight.
Someone had diarrhea on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Barcelona, forcing the plane to land early #deltafly #Diarrhea pic.twitter.com/I8iFn542Yy
— Ding News (@DingNewsCorp) 6 September 2023
It doesn’t usually get to the point where an airplane has to declare an emergency, but onboard gas venting is something that happens on almost every flight and every day because changes in air pressure cause the body to produce more gas.
- The average person does this 10 times a day anyway. Multiply that by a wide-body aircraft on a long-haul flight and differences in altitude are not yet taken into account.
- The cause of the smell is sulfur
- The problem in flight is worse in cabins with leather seats (which traditionally meant first class). Most Material Seat covers are more absorbent.
While beans are good for your heart, you should avoid eating them before flying or on the plane. Avoid fried foods, cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts.
Don’t do this at Washington National Airport:
If you’re particularly prone to the problem, consider taking Gas-X or Beano. You can go to the toilet, but in economy class in particular, you’ll often have to wait there – so your fellow passengers will feel less uncomfortable in the situation. The flip side, however, is that if your seatmate is passing gas, you should try to ignore it. Tensions can escalate too quickly on an airplane anyway, and you really have no way of getting out of an uncomfortable situation.
