However, Jayaweera’s son Surya contends the aircraft was actually over the Midwest at the time and could have easily diverted, their complaint states.
When the flight eventually touched down in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jayaweera, a “strict vegetarian,” had been unconscious for some three-and-a-half hours, according to the complaint.
open image in gallery A lack of vegetarian meals aboard a Qatar Airways flight led to tragedy for one California man, a new lawsuit claims.
The same thing reportedly happened to Fowler a year earlier when he was served ice cream with nuts, also aboard Qatar Airways.
A Qatar Airways spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
The lawsuit notes that Qatar and the United States are members of the Montreal Convention, the international treaty that governs airline liability.
It sets a statutory payout limit of roughly $175,000, at current exchange rates, for onboard death and injury claims. »
