€70,000 for boy after hot drink spilled on flight

A BOY who allegedly suffered a scald burn to his leg when a hot chocolate drink he ordered on an Aer Lingus flight spilled on him has settled his High Court action for €70,000.

Jason Yonkeu, who was 12 at the time, of Wellview Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin, through his father Leopold Yonkeu, sued Aer Lingus over the accident on the NiceDublin flight on August 8, 2016. The settlement was without an admission of liability.

It was claimed when the aircraft was in the air the boy ordered a hot chocolate. It was claimed the cabin crew member gave him the drink with a lid attached to the top of the cup. As the boy took a sip of the drink, the liquid spilled in to his lap and in particular the upper right leg.

Once he got to Dublin, he was taken to hospital where it was noted he had sustained a partial thickness scald but he later made a good recovery. Aer Lingus denied the claims.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross approved the settlement.