Qatar Airways issued a statement, saying that its cabin crew acted quickly, professionally and appropriately in placing the dead body of the woman next to the couple. It further said that they had issued compensation to the passengers distressed by the incident.

Qatar Airways apologised for ‘any inconvenience or distress’ after a woman died about 10 hours into a flight from Melbourne to Doha.

An Australian couple's story went viral this week after they said crew members placed a dead body in the seats next to them.

Qatar Airways is now responding after passengers claim they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours on flight from Melbourne, Australia to Doha, Qatar.

An Australian couple has criticised Qatar Airways after being seated next to a deceased passenger for several hours on a long-haul flight from Melbourne to Doha. Mitchell Ring and his wife, Jennifer Colin,