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Couple Says They Were Forced to Sit Next to Dead Body on Plane

An Australian couple on a Qatar Airways flight to Italy, were not allowed to change seats and were seated beside a woman who “collapsed” and died.

An Australian couple claim they were forced to sit beside a dead woman’s body for four hours during a long-haul flight from Australia to Qatar, A Current Affair reported. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were aboard a Qatar Airways plane from Melbourne to Venice, Italy when a fellow passenger “collapsed” and died during their flight last week. “They did everything they could, but unfortunately the lady couldn’t be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch,” Ring said. However, the couple was then not allowed to switch seats for the remainder of the flight, while medical staff addressed the body upon landing, according to Ring and Colin. They added that Qatar Airlines didn’t offer any support after the fact either. Ring explained that the woman was initially wheeled up to business class, however she couldn’t fit through the aisle as she was “quite a large lady.” “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 told A Current Affair. “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.” Qatar Airways told in a statement to NBC News on Monday: ”We apologize for any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused, and are in the process of contacting passengers in line with our policies and procedures.”