Passenger finds needle in sandwich on Air Canada flight from Victoria to Toronto
August 01, 2012 - 12:00 AM
TORONTO - Air Canada says a passenger found what appears to be a sewing needle in a catered sandwich on board a flight from Victoria to Toronto.
Peter Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for the airline, says Air Canada is working closely with its caterers "to ensure heightened security measures have been put in place."
Fitzpatrick says the airline contacted the caterers immediately after Monday's discovery.
He says a police investigation is under way and the airline has not received any further reports of similar incidents.
Dutch police said earlier in July they were investigating how needles got into six sandwiches on Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to Minneapolis, Seattle and Atlanta. Passengers discovered four of them.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012