Korean Air stops serving peanuts after teens' flight disrupted by allergy

Korean Air Lines said Sunday it has stopped serving peanuts as snacks to customers in response to a recent incident when two teenage brothers were unable to board a flight because of a peanut allergy. The brothers’ parents said in media reports earlier this month that their sons were removed from a flight because the South Korean airline was unwilling to accommodate a serious peanut allergy. The brothers were traveling from Atlanta to the Philippines but were stranded in Seoul after Korean Air did not agree to a request to stop serving peanuts around the teens because the older brother has a severe peanut allergy. Korean Air will remove food that contains peanuts from in-flight meals in several weeks, the company said in a statement. “The decision to stop peanut products and peanut ingredients is the minimum safety measure for peanut-allergy passengers,” it said.<br/>