The British Airways staff felt ‘out of control’ after consuming the pot laced gummies giving to them as a parting gift from a passenger on a flight from Heathrow
Three cabin staff have been taken to hospital after eating gummies that contained cannabis by a passenger. The crew members of the British Airways flight travelling from Heathrow to LA unknowingly consumed the sweets that contained up to 300mg of THC and left them “out of control”.
The staff ate the gummies after landing in LA, the Sun reports. Despite this, BA bosses stood down the whole crew and ran the return flight with a new team.
The impacted crew were flown back on another service days later as passengers. The airline have launched a search to find the passenger who supplied the staff with the drugged sweets.
It is reported that there is no suggestion that any of the crew knew what they were ingesting and nobody faces disciplinary action.
A source told The Sun it is not unusual for a passenger to thank staff with sweets. They added: “It is a godsend in this case the sweets in question were not shared out among the crew until they had arrived in the US.
“They were consumed in the crew bus after touchdown, and tired staff gratefully gobbled them up. Almost immediately BA staff realised something was wrong.
“By the time the group had reached the crew hotel, three staff members who had numerous sweets began suffering ‘out-of-body’ experiences. They felt totally out of control and became panicked and scared.
“Their symptoms became worse and the trio were taken to hospital for treatment.”
Medics believed the sweets were each laced with up to 300mg of THC — making them among the strongest marijuana edibles.
The source continued: “Some people might find this incident funny, but it is being treated very seriously by BA. If an entire crew became incapacitated at 30,000ft after ingesting deadly drugs the consequences don’t bear thinking about.
“Bosses are trying to trace the passenger who tried to get the crew high. The flyer could face multiple police charges.”
British Airways said to The Sun: “A small number of our crew reported feeling unwell at their hotel and have since recovered. We sent a replacement crew to operate the return flight and there was no impact on our customers.”
