Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies midflight
A married couple said they were forced to sit next to a dead woman's body for four hours on a flight from Australia to Qatar.
A married couple said they were forced to sit next to a dead woman's body for four hours on a flight from Australia to Qatar.
Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatari capital, last week. About 10 hours into the flight, a woman exited the restroom, collapsed and died in front of them, the couple told the Australian news program “A Current Affair” on Sunday.
“They did everything they could, but unfortunately the lady couldn’t be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch,” Ring said.
Ring said the flight crew then put the woman's body in an empty seat next to the couple for the remaining four hours of the flight.
“They looked a bit frustrated, then they just looked at me and saw seats were available beside me, my wife was on the other side, we were in a row of four," Ring said. “They said, ‘Can you move over please?’ and I just said, ‘Yes no problem.’ Then they placed the lady in the chair I was in.”
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