A BBC presenter says she was kicked off a flight to Turkey with her family after asking passengers not to eat peanuts due to her daughter's allergy. Weather forecaster, Georgie Palmer, 49, was set to travel to Dalaman from London, Gatwick with her husband Nick Sollom, 48, and daughters Rosie, 12, and Annie, 14. However, after telling the crew Rosie had an anaphylactic allergy to peanuts, she claims her family was "hoofed off the plane".
Georgie says she asked the passengers not to eat nuts on the flight, "who all turned back to kindly ask the row behind". However, she says when the captain found out about her daughter's allergy, he refused to fly with the family, leading to a showdown. Weather forecaster, Georgie Palmer, 49, had a booked a holiday to Dalaman from London, Gatwick Recalling the drama, she said: "We gently asked the passengers at the front of the plane to share our request, and, row by row, as swift as a carefully crafted toppling domino trail, all the passengers turned back to kindly ask the row behind to please not eat nuts on the flight.
It was calm, earnest & with an overwhelming sense of solidarity & empathy. "There's no beef with simple asks like these. People get it! The hand holding, tears & emotion from the passengers as we were hoofed off the plane after the angry little captain shouted at us from the cockpit.
" Talking to the Mail, she slammed SunExpress for their "disgusting" treatment, fuming: "How we were treated was disgusting. The captain decided .
