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

After a passenger unexpectedly died on a flight from Australia, their body remained seated next to a couple for hours. The incident occurred during the 15-hour flight from Melbourne to Doha. Qatar Airways extended condolences to the passenger’s family and apologized for any distress caused.

A couple was “forced” to sit next to a dead body on a long-haul Qatar Airways flight.According to Sky News, a couple named travelling from Melbourne to Doha, en route to Italy, were forced to sit next to the dead body for about