Asiana meal supplier kills himself over damages fear on delivery delay
One of Asiana's inflight meal providers has killed himself due to fear of damages for delayed meal provision. Wikipedia
By Oh Young-jin
The head of one of Asiana Airlines' inflight meal suppliers has killed himself in the wake of delivery problems.
Over the past two days, some passengers on the airline's overseas flights have not had meals or faced delayed departures because of the late arrival of meals.
Asiana posted an apology on its website Tuesday, saying the “no-meal” situation happened because of a supplier change.
The supplier was found dead in an Incheon apartment at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
He is believed to have killed himself for fear of damages he would have to pay for failing to provide meals on time.
The supplier was responsible for putting meals into containers and was one of about four working for Asiana's temporary supplier Sharp DO&CO Korea.
Asiana switched supplier from LGS Sky Chef to Gate Gourmet of Korea earlier this year but a fire at a Gate Gourmet facility forced a delay to the contract's start. Sharp was then called in.