Delta flight diverted to New York after passengers served spoiled food

NEW YORK (AP) — A Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted to New York’s Kennedy Airport Wednesday after passengers were served spoiled food, airline officials said.

The overnight flight departed Detroit around 11 p.m. Tuesday and landed in New York at 4 a.m. “following reports that a portion of the main cabin meal service had been disrupted,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement.

A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, said 14 of the plane’s 277 passengers and 10 crew members were treated by medical personnel upon landing. None required hospitalization.

It is not known how many people in total ate the spoiled food.

Delta said it would investigate the incident.

“This is not the service Delta is known for and we sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay to their travels,” the Delta spokesperson said.

The Port Authority said hotel rooms would be made available to passengers and all would be re-arranged to continue to their destinations.