A British holidaymaker has described his six-hour "flight from hell" after he suffered from severe diarrhoea and vomited 30 times before being taken off the plane in a wheelchair. Cameron Callaghan was flying from Manchester Airport to Bangkok via Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways on January 6 when he fell ill after eating what he claims was a "smelly" chicken meal served on board. The former delivery driver had eaten an egg sandwich three hours before boarding the plane and said he was then served a tomato and chicken pasta dish after take-off. Just 20 minutes after eating the in-flight meal, the 27-year-old man said he began feeling unwell, developed diarrhoea and started vomiting "every five minutes" for the remainder of the six-hour journey. Cameron spent much of the flight lying in the foetal position on the bathroom floor and when he wasn't being sick, he sat with an air hostess who kept the cubicle free for him. On arriving at Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport, he was so dehydrated from the constant vomiting that he couldn't even lift his head up, reports Wales Online. He was carefully helped off the flight in a wheelchair and given an urgent medical assessment. Cameron says he was bed bound for the first few days of his trip to Thailand. Cameron, from Bolton, believed that the in-flight meal led to his extreme illness. Etihad said that the food was "prepared and stored under strict temperature-controlled conditions". No other passengers came forward with similar complaints. Cameron said: "It was a flight from hell." He went on to say: "When we finally got on, they offered us some food so I ate that and put a movie on. It was a tomato, cheesy, chicken pasta. It did smell a bit weird but all plane food kind of does. "Then, 20 minutes later, I had diarrhoea twice and 10 minutes after that I was just constantly throwing up for the duration of the flight. I threw up probably about 30 times. I had to sit at the back of the plane with an air hostess while she kept the toilet free for me. "I was going to the toilet every five minutes, lying in the foetal position and towards the end of the flight, I'd emptied my body so much that I couldn't even stand up. I couldn't lift my head up so they had to get a wheelchair and they wheeled me to the medical room in Abu Dhabi's airport." Cameron also ruled out other potential causes of his sickness, saying: "Before the flight, I ate an egg butty and was sat in the airport for three hours after that and felt completely fine. That definitely wasn't the cause. I didn't even eat the night before because I was stressed because of the delayed flight." He was later assessed by a doctor at Zayed International Airport, where he received an IV and anti-sickness drip. But for Cameron, the experience put a dampener on his holiday as he was too fragile to walk. Cameron recounted: "I was so weak. I couldn't walk. I just felt like I was going to pass out. I'd fully dehydrated my body by being sick that much. The next two or three days after arriving in Bangkok, I was just bed bound. It was only on the third day I actually left the hotel and started exploring. "After what I've been through, I don't really want to get on a plane so I'm stuck in Thailand at the minute. I'd like a refund for the flight – if not full, then partial." Cameron criticised Etihad's handling of the situation, saying: "It's unprofessional how they've handled everything. I wouldn't be sick 20 minutes after eating their food if it didn't come from their food. "This holiday has been planned for three years and I couldn't enjoy the journey at all. People coming to the toilet and seeing me lying on the floor being sick was embarrassing. It ruined the first few days of my holiday. I'm going to starve myself on the flight back so this doesn't happen again." An Etihad Airways spokesperson said: "We are aware of the recent report of a passenger falling ill on board our flight from Manchester on 06 January, 2025. 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."