Cameron Callaghan, 27, recently revealed his experience on the “flight from hell” when he vomited 30 times during a six-hour connecting flight from Manchester, UK, to Abu Dhabi, UAE.

“It ruined the first few days of my holiday,” Callaghan told Kennedy News.

The British traveler was on his way to Bangkok, Thailand, flying Etihad Airways, when he claims to have gotten food poisoning just after consuming a “tomato, cheesy, chicken pasta” he was served in the air. The cause of his illness has not been confirmed.

In a statement sent to the Post, a spokesperson for Etihad Airlines said: “We take all such matters very seriously and investigate thoroughly. Our food on this flight, as with all our flights, was prepared and stored under strict temperature-controlled conditions to ensure safety and quality.

“We did not receive any reports of illness from other passengers on this flight who were served the same meal. Our first priority is always the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew,” the statement continued.

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Callaghan claimed he ate the pasta served to him despite the meal having a “weird” smell. “But all plane food kind of does,” he told the outlet.

According to Callaghan, his flight had been delayed five hours and all he’d consumed before it was an egg sandwich.

It wasn’t until 20 minutes after he’d finished eating the pasta dish that his stomach started bothering him.

Callaghan immediately went to the bathroom to try and relieve his gastrointestinal issues, but they only got worse from there.

“I had diarrhea twice and 10 minutes after that I was just constantly throwing up for the duration of the flight,” he claimed.

“I was going to the toilet every five minutes, laying in the fetal position and towards the end of the flight, I’d emptied my body so much that I couldn’t even stand up,” Callaghan continued, noting that he had to stay in the back of the plane with a flight attendant so they could keep the bathroom available for him.

The traveler said he felt “embarrassed” when others on board tried to use the restroom.

After six hours in the air, the flight landed. However, Callaghan was feeling extremely weak, and he could barely stand.

“They had to get a wheelchair and they wheeled me to the medical room in Abu Dhabi’s airport,” he said.

Once he was under the careful watch of a doctor, Callaghan was placed on an IV with an anti-nausea drip.

And though his symptoms started to subside, he wasn’t 100 percent until a few days after he finally arrived in Bangkok.

Callaghan said: “The next two or three days after arriving in Bangkok I was just bed-bound.

“I believe the food had been sitting out since the original time the plane was supposed to take off and not been stored properly,” he went on to say, adding that he felt completely fine for hours after eating the egg sandwich in the airport.

Callaghan also pointed out that he hadn’t eaten anything the night before his January 6 flight because he had anxiety.

The Independent has contacted Etihad Airlines for a comment.

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