Australian couple say it ‘wasn’t nice’ sitting with corpse on long-haul flight


Qatar Airways apologised “for any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused”. - AFP

SYDNEY: An Australian couple have criticised Qatar Airways after a blanket-draped corpse was seated next to them during a long-haul flight.

Mitchell Ring said a passenger died part-way through the 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Doha last week.

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