The free drink you should never choose on a plane, according to flight attendants
NEXT time you are feeling thirsty during a flight, you may want to rethink what you order.
Flight attendants have revealed the drink you should never have on the plane, as they wouldn't either.
Sue Fogwell was a flight attendant for 22 years.
She said she "never drinks the tap water" on a flight, as it is stored in tanks that are never cleaned.
But one thing to never fall for is the water pitcher on the trolley as it comes around.
She said on : "Sometimes, on flights, we would run out of bottled water.
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"If you see a pitcher of water on the beverage cart in economy class, skip it — it's from the water tank."
Cabin crew member Cierra Mistt agreed on her TikTok account.
She said: “Unless we’re super desperate, we will not drink the coffee or tea that’s supplied on the plane.
“The water that we use for the coffee and the tea come from the same spot, and guess what? It never gets cleaned."
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However, Sun Online Travel's flight attendant blogger said the water wasn't as bad as everyone made out.
He said: "I know people who have been flying for over 50 years who've been drinking the hot water the whole time and never had any problems whatsoever.
"You'll notice that we are mostly happy to drink it in the tea and coffee that we need to be perky for a long haul flight, so there's no reason why you shouldn't be too."
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