€65k for boy scarred from hot tea spill on flight

Teenager suffered burns to his right thigh and leg when a cup of hot tea was knocked out of his hand due to a mishap by a member of cabin crew

Turkish Airlines planes at Istanbul Airport. File picture

A High Court judge has approved a €65,000 settlement for a teenager left with a permanent scar on his right thigh after hot tea spilt on him during an airline flight.

Emre Karakaya, of Ursuline Crescent, Waterford, claimed he was scalded and suffered burns to his right thigh and leg when a cup of hot tea was knocked out of his hand due to a mishap by a member of cabin crew.