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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.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No more fighting for the armrest, no snoring, no chit chat? Well…

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On the other hand, if body odor bothers you...

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In four hours and in a relatively cool room, with adequate ventilation, that's not really a problem. It's not like they picked a decomposing corpse before take off and stuffed it there.

Worst case scenario order a coffee and leave it on it.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's not the decomposition, it's the bladder and bowels slowly emptying themselves!

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Nice one. Counterpoint, it seems the person was fresh out of the restroom.

(I feel the need to say it, but I'm not actually that serious about sitting near a corpse for hours)