A VEGETARIAN plane passenger "choked to death" after being "told to eat around meat" on a Qatar Airways flight.

This came after Asoka Jayaweera, 85, was denied the vegetarian meal that he had originally ordered, says his grieving family .

The cardiologist from Southern California was travelling with Qatar Airways from Los Angeles to Sri Lanka when he was told by stewards to "eat around" the meat in his meal, as revealed in a newly filed lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

On June 23, 2023, Mr Jayaweera booked his flight to Colombo and tragically choked to death but days later on August 3, according to the complaint recently filed by his son, Surya.

Roughly two-and-a-half hours into the long haul flight, the onboard meal service began.

The complaint reads: "Mr Jayaweera was a

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