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Former Love Island star Jack Fowler has blasted Emirates staff for allegedly ‘mocking’ the moment he almost died on a flight.
The 28-year-old reality star and DJ revealed in June that he suffered an allergic reaction on a flight, despite checking multiple times whether nuts were in the food he was being served.
He first shared his near-death reaction in a video that showed him injecting himself with an Epipen while on the flight, and several images receiving treatment with oxygen tanks and in hospital.
In a new video update on Instagram, Jack claims to have ‘been sent screenshots from a Facebook page’ for Emirates air stewards.
‘On the Facebook page with their full pictures, full names, bio, Emirates Airline, all the rest of it, they’re completely mocking what’s happened, taking the absolute mick,’ he alleged.
‘As much as that is angry for me to see and my family, my friends, it just kind of builds the picture, doesn’t it?
‘It builds the picture that people – and this is not all airlines, and this is not all air hosts, I wanna say that right here, right now.
‘But the people who are in the company that are supposed to be there to care and support and be there for our safety are actually mocking what has happened to me. And it’s disgraceful!’
Jack added that he ‘might’ show the screenshots to his fans at some point, and branded them ‘disgusting’.
He continued: ‘I just want, out of all of this, people just to be less naive and educate them and take seriously what’s happened, because I’m lucky to still be here and be able to say what’s happened.
‘Because it can be fatal, it really can be fatal. And being 35,000 feet up in the air, unable to breathe, and it being something that can be prevented is so scary. And the main thing out of all this is for it not to happen again.’
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He revealed his own legal team have been in touch with Emirates, who have sent a ‘letter of acknowledgement’, but the airline could apparently ‘take up to six months to reply’.
‘Let’s hope they don’t take that long,’ he said, before describing their previous statement as ‘very weak’.
In a statement to Metro.co.uk in June, Emirates said: ‘We are sorry to hear of Mr Fowler’s experience and our teams on ground are providing him with all possible assistance. The safety and health of our customers is taken very seriously.
‘While Emirates aims to cater to customers with specific needs by offering a variety of special meals that cover medical, dietary, and religious requirements, we cannot guarantee a nut-free inflight environment.
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