Sure glad I don't fly Qatar. At least they wouldn't have talked my ear off.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/26/australia/qatar-airways-flight-dead-passenger-body-intl-hnk/index.html

 

An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin crew sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight.

 

The female passenger collapsed in the aisle beside Mitchell Ring and his partner Jennifer Colin during their Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha, they told CNN affiliate Nine Network. The Australian couple were on their way to Venice for a vacation.

 

Ring recalled watching the crew try to revive the woman.

 

“Unfortunately, the lady couldn’t be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch,” he told Nine.

Extra meal for Jennifer and Mitchel to share... winner winnner chicken dinner !

If you've got a flight attendant friend with many years of experience especially with long haul flights, they well ALL have some horror stories.

IF they were originally planning to move the deceased lady into a business class seat out of the way and struggled to get her there instead placing her in an Economy Seat... 

 

... the very least they (cabin crew) could have done was relocate the 'other' nearby passengers to business class so they don't have to sit nest to a dead body... 

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

IF they were originally planning to move the deceased lady into a business class seat out of the way and struggled to get her there instead placing her in an Economy Seat... 

 

... the very least they (cabin crew) could have done was relocate the 'other' nearby passengers to business class so they don't have to sit nest to a dead body... 

Read the link, plenty of open seats on the flight.  He apparently chose to remain and sit next to the corpse.  hmm ...

Just now, KhunLA said:

Read the link, plenty of open seats on the flight.  He apparently chose to remain and sit next to the corpse.  hmm ...

 

I read the link...   They tried to move the body to business class but 'couldn't fit it through somehow'....   so they place the deceased into the seat next to a person....

 

... Sure, the person could have moved.... OR, someone with a smart service mind would have just upgraded the nearby passengers to business class.....  (never miss an opportunity to turn a negative into a positive)....

 

Now we have a story where Qatar Airways places dead bodies next to passengers, rather than something more positive. 

 

At least they didn't just shove the deceased in the loo and lock the door !!!

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

At least they didn't just shove the deceased in the loo and lock the door !!!

That probably would have been the best answer.

On 2/26/2025 at 6:41 PM, Jingthing said:

If you've got a flight attendant friend with many years of experience especially with long haul flights, they well ALL have some horror stories.

 

Sure but sems to me all aircraft would have a 'locker; or whatever you might call it to temporarily store the body of a passenger who died during flight. 

 

There's always the point that some / many passengers might well refuse to have the deceased body sitting in the seat next to them. And that might well extend quickly to all passengers refusing to have a dead body next to them. In such case what could the cabin crew do, especially if it's a full flight?

 

Therefore seems to me there would be an alternative storage area.

 

I've always wondered if there is easy quick access to the lower level? Perhaps a a body could be moved there? 

15 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Sure but sems to me all aircraft would have a 'locker; or whatever you might call it to temporarily store the body of a passenger who died during flight. 

 

There's always the point that some / many passengers might well refuse to have the deceased body sitting in the seat next to them. And that might well extend quickly to all passengers refusing to have a dead body next to them. In such case what could the cabin crew do, especially if it's a full flight?

 

Therefore seems to me there would be an alternative storage area.

 

I've always wondered if there is easy quick access to the lower level? Perhaps a a body could be moved there? 

I'm pretty sure there's no extra storage space for a dead body.

Even if there was, imagine the rigmarol of moving it.

 

The policy seems to be putting them into a seat, hopefully one that has a spare next to it and draping a blanket over them.

21 hours ago, Will27 said:

I'm pretty sure there's no extra storage space for a dead body.

Even if there was, imagine the rigmarol of moving it.

 

The policy seems to be putting them into a seat, hopefully one that has a spare next to it and draping a blanket over them.

 

Several times I've been on domestic and international flights and passengers have arrived into the cabin with strollers, small wheelchairs, extra full size suitcases and more and magically they have been stored somewhere out of sight within the cabin. 

 

 

On the original long thin routes, SIN-EWR for example with the A345-500, SQ did have a morgue/cupboard for deceased.

 

QR904 is a longish flight, 13:25 block time, usually a 777W.

 

Most 2-Aisle jets have a crew rest area nestled above the main deck, but no way to hoist a body up there, so not much choice.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCe0bvs1ME8

 

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

Several times I've been on domestic and international flights and passengers have arrived into the cabin with strollers, small wheelchairs, extra full size suitcases and more and magically they have been stored somewhere out of sight within the cabin. 

 

 

Those get put in the luggage compartment by ground crew snd are retrieved by the same at the destination. Last in to the luggage, first out, so they're available right away.

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

Those get put in the luggage compartment by ground crew snd are retrieved by the same at the destination. Last in to the luggage, first out, so they're available right away.

Thanks but not what I was meaning.

On 3/3/2025 at 1:56 AM, scorecard said:

Thanks but not what I was meaning.

Your post was suggesting they were stored in the cabin, in a magical place.  They are not.  There's no magic.  They are just put in the luggage compartment last, and taken out of the luggage compartment first, and for convenience, made available to the owner prior to the carousel.