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Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight (www.nbcnews.com)

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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.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It would make the most sense to move the body to a flight attendant seat and have an attendant sit with the passengers.

I think that the flight attendants have those dedicated seats at the ends of the cabin and facing it for a reason, so that they can see what's going on in the cabin. Like, probably safety reasons for that.

Honestly, I'd just as soon not have a corpse next to me...but I'd also just as soon not have a living person next to me. I don't see it as the world's most traumatic experience. I mean, I don't know whether it's optimal or not, but it's an airplane, sticking it there isn't a wildly-unreasonable thing to do. I can't see getting that worked up over it, as a passenger.

On the flip side, I also don't think that it's wildly-unreasonable for the airline to give them a voucher. I mean, it's not like "dead body on an aircraft" is a common occurrence and it probably doesn't cost very much to keep someone happy. I mean, I've gotten vouchers for being willing to take a later flight when I didn't have any schedule to keep.

The whole thing just doesn't seem like enough of an issue to get that worked up about or play hardball over.