"Asoka Jayaweera was flying from Los Angeles to Sri Lanka, via Doha, in August 2023, according to the lawsuit filed by his son in a California court last Friday. About two and a half hours into the 15-hour flight, the meal service began. Jayaweera, a "strict vegetarian," was told that the airline didn't have any vegetarian meals left, the complaint says. It alleges that he was instead given a regular meal and told to "eat around" the meat."
"Shortly after, Jayaweera is said to have started choking. The suit says that he was given medical assistance by the crew. But it alleges that Jayaweera and his unnamed companion were told the plane couldn't divert as it was flying over the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic Ocean. Jayaweera was administered oxygen, but lost consciousness around five hours after he started choking, per the complaint."
Asoka Jayaweera began choking about two and a half hours into a Los Angeles-to-Doha flight bound for Sri Lanka after being served a non-vegetarian meal. Cabin crew provided medical assistance and oxygen but reportedly told him and a companion the aircraft could not divert because it was over the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic Ocean. He lost consciousness around five hours after the choking began. The flight diverted to Edinburgh roughly two and a half hours later and he was hospitalized, dying the next day from aspiration pneumonia. His son has sued under the Montreal Convention, seeking damages and questioning the delayed diversion.
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