Former Lancashire student Michael Edgeley died on 7 March, 2008, following an emergency flight drama at 30,000ft after he was ordered home from Australia.
The 22-year-old, from Penwortham, near Preston, was taken ill and was given emergency oxygen treatment by cabin crew.
The flight, from Melbourne to Dubai, made an emergency stop in India so Mr Edgeley could be taken to hospital.
But he died just minutes later in the back of an ambulance.
Mr Edgeley had been in Australia since 2007 and was based in Melbourne.
But he had been ordered out of the country by the Australian Foreign Office which said he could no longer stay because his visa had run out.