An Australian couple have criticised Qatar Airlines after a blanket-draped corpse was once seated subsequent to them throughout a long-haul flight.Mitchell Ring stated a passenger died part-way during the 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Doha ultimate week.“They attempted to wheel her up in opposition to trade elegance, however she was once relatively a big girl and so they couldn’t get her during the aisle,” he advised 9 Information this week.“They regarded somewhat annoyed, then they simply checked out me and noticed seats have been to be had beside me.”Ring stated he was once made to attend subsequent to the corpse even after the aircraft landed.“The ambulance officials and the police got here in, and the ambulance officials began pulling the blankets off the girl,” he stated.“It wasn’t great.”Ring and his spouse, Jennifer Colin, have been seated subsequent to the corpse whilst travelling en-route to Venice.“I’m no longer an ideal flier at the most efficient of instances,” stated Colin.“There must be a protocol that appears after the shoppers on board.”Ring stated he was once seated with the frame for round 4 hours regardless of different empty seats.“They stated: ‘Are you able to transfer over please’ and I simply stated, ‘Sure no drawback’. Then they positioned the girl within the chair I used to be in. There have been a couple of spare seats round that I may see.”In a commentary to Australian media, Qatar Airlines apologised “for any inconvenience or misery this incident will have led to”.“Initially our ideas are with the circle of relatives of the passenger who unfortunately kicked the bucket on board our flight.”
