UK Man Dies at Qatar Airport During Thailand Layover

Damian Langley, a 47-year-old labourer from Parr in St Helens, England, died from pancreatitis and organ failure on April 23 while awaiting a connecting flight at Qatar's Hamad International Airport en route home from a holiday in Thailand.

Langley had travelled to Thailand with friends earlier in April and shared photos and videos of his trip with family members. He was scheduled to arrive at Manchester Airport on April 21 after a stopover in Qatar. On April 19, however, one of his friends contacted his sister, Nicola Langley, 31, to report that he had fallen suddenly ill with abdominal pains and hallucinations but had asked them not to alarm her.

"They didn't want to worry me. He had asked them not to tell me," Nicola recounted. "But he had abdominal pains and he was complaining of seeing things. He was hallucinating."

Reassured that the group would return to St Helens by April 23, Nicola initially stayed calm. The friends flew from Bangkok to Qatar on April 21, but Langley's condition worsened during the layover. He received fluids at the airport medical centre and was booked on the 7:30 a.m. flight the next day, arriving in Manchester at 2:30 p.m. His friends proceeded home...