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.

Mitchell Ring and wife Jennifer Colin were seated next to the corpse while travelling en-route to Venice, despite other empty seats, they said.

TMZ reports that Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were traveling to Venice, Italy from Melbourne, Australia via Doha, Qatar when a woman died mid-flight after collapsing into an a

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

A couple bound for their dream Italian vacation experienced the flight of their nightmares when they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours ... with no option to change their seats.

The passenger was on the Qatar Airways plane for Doha, Qatar, when she collapsed in the aisle, scenes described as "pretty heartbreaking to watch" by other shocked tourists

An Australian couple had to sit next to a deceased passenger on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha. The crew could not move the body to bus

The couple, who were the only ones in a row of four, said flight attendants put the woman's body in one of the spare seats.

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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.