Former pop star suing Singapore Airlines over wooden splinter from satay skewer served on flightA former child pop star is suing Singapore Airlines (SIA) after she allegedly suffered lasting vocal cord injuries from swallowing a jagged wooden splinter during an in-flight meal. She had unknowingly done so after the splinter broke away from a chicken satay skewer. The complaint stated that she was eating a chicken satay meal provided by the airline when a piece of the wooden skewer allegedly broke off and became lodged in her throat. She allegedly spent much of the flight trying to remove the fragment before eventually coughing up a wooden splinter measuring about 1.5 inches long. SIA passenger claims lasting voice problemsMs Smyth later visited a throat specialist, who found scarring and trauma to her vocal cords.