this was the holiday georgie palmer and daughter rosie had been looking forward to, but he couldn't haveworse start. arriving for the flight from gatwick as they boarded the plane, they asked if cabin crew could request other passengers refrain from eating peanuts because of rosie's nut allergy. the crew's answer — a flat no. so they talked to one of the ground handling team. she said, "look, why don't you just tell the passengers yourself?" i sit at the front of the plane, so the rows that could hear me — i simply said, "please, could you not eat nuts on the plane because of our daughter's severe allergy? airborne nut particles have the capacity to provoke a very bad reaction." and then, without asking, one by one, row by row by row, people turned to the row behind them, to the row behind them, until it reached the back of the plane. the captain of the sunexpress flight reacted altogether differently when he heard what had happened. the pilot from the cockpit started shouting at me — i assume he was shouting at me in turkish — and told us we had to get off the plane. and that was that.

this was the holiday georgie palmer and daughter rosie had been looking forward to, but he couldn't havee in turkish — and told us we had to get off the plane. and that was that. back in the terminal, rosie's dad had to console her. when we got the news that we had been booted off the plane, then itjust... ..it hit hard, it felt very embarrassing. the parents of natasha ednan—laperouse began campaigning after the 15—year—old died when she ate a sandwich containing sesame on a flight in 2016. they say some airlines have made strides in addressing the problem, but describe the response in this case as appalling. some airlines are actually really, really good. and, in fact, some airlines also have a no—nut policy — they have no nuts served of any sort on board in any of their food. and that is, you know, a clear statement that they obviously take, for example, nut allergies very seriously, and they show that by their actions and their policies. we've ever heard of — they're actually mistreating customers. a spokesman for sunexpress said, "we refrain from making these kinds of announcements