The couple was on a Qatar Airways flight from Australia to Qatar. The airline apologized for the incident in a statement.

Summary

A couple on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha was forced to sit next to a deceased passenger for four hours after she collapsed and died mid-flight.

The flight crew moved the woman’s body to an empty seat beside them and denied their request to change seats.

Qatar Airways apologized but did not offer the couple support after the incident.

The couple, en route to Venice, criticized the airline’s handling of the situation but are trying to continue their trip despite the distressing experience.

  • @[email protected]English
    24•21 hours ago

    Cover the body, and relocate surrounding passengers, if possible, if you can’t move the body to business class (moving a dead body respectfully is very hard).

    Apparently there were free seats elsewhere, the pax should have been offered relocation. However it’s not clear if the passengers asked. The cabin crew could have been rattled too and forgot.

    Edit: They apparently asked, I don’t see why they couldn’t move.

      • @LotrOrcEnglish
        4•11 hours ago

        According the article she came out of the bathroom and collapsed so you can’t just leave her in the aisle to be fair

        It is really wild that they didn’t have the other passengers put into new seats even after they asked though