A woman has filmed herself crying in the toilet of a plane after battling sickness for a 15-hour flight due to a “pastry mix-up” that saw Emirates allegedly serve her the “wrong” croissant.
Chloë Chapdelaine, 25, who suffers from coeliac disease, ordered a gluten-free in-flight meal ahead of a recent 15-hour flight from Dubai to Los Angeles, California, on Monday 5 June.
When she received her meal, the 25-year-old influencer was excited to receive what appeared to be a gluten-free continental breakfast, which was served on a tray labelled “gluten-free” an hour into the flight.
However, after eating half of the plain croissant provided with her meal, which didn’t carry a gluten-free sticker, Chapdelaine decided to confirm with a flight attendant that it was indeed gluten-free.
An air hostess ultimately confirmed it wasn’t gluten-free, according to Chapdelaine, with footage dubbed “the worst flight of my life” showing the content creator inside the airplane bathroom explaining what had happened as she tried to make herself throw up.
After spending an hour throwing up, Chapdelaine said she spent the remainder of the flight feeling nauseous and suffering from bad stomach cramps and diarrhoea.
She also claimed she suffered with itchy skin, and said she’ll have to cope with the “mental repercussions” of what happened for weeks to come, which she said include brain fog and feeling depressed.
“As I was eating one of the croissants that was on the tray, I had a really bad feeling,” the 25-year-old from Alberta, Canada, said, according to Kennedy News and Media. “It tasted so good and I have never tasted such a good gluten-free croissant before. “I then questioned why they would have such a good gluten-free brand on a flight and this is when I questioned whether it was actually gluten-free to a flight attendant.”
According to Chapdelaine, the flight attendant “went pale” before going to check whether the pastry was gluten-free. “She came back and told me it wasn’t meant to be on my plate and it wasn’t gluten-free,” Chapdelaine said, adding: “Immediately I went into shock and started to panic. I am very highly sensitive and my coeliac disease will react to a trace amount or cross contamination.
“To be told I had eaten half a non gluten-free croissant, which is quite a large amount and bigger than…
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