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 business class, leaving the couple beside the corpse for four hours. Qatar Airways has apologised for any distress caused. There should be a protocol to handle such situations better, the couple said.
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