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Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight
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Does anyone know if there's actual protocol in these situations?
I actually know someone who died on a plane last year and, while they did at least make an emergency landing at a nearby airport, I've never thought about where they kept the body during that time. I'm not sure if it's appropriate to ask his surviving family that was with him, probably not.
Cover the body, and relocate surrounding passengers, if possible, if you can't move the body to business class (moving a dead body respectfully is very hard).
Apparently there were free seats elsewhere, the pax should have been offered relocation. ~~However it's not clear if the passengers asked. The cabin crew could have been rattled too and forgot.~~
Edit: They apparently asked, I don't see why they couldn't move.
I’m interested as to why they moved the body in the first place.
According the article she came out of the bathroom and collapsed so you can't just leave her in the aisle to be fair
It is really wild that they didn't have the other passengers put into new seats even after they asked though
I don't understand this. Normally they don't care if you move to a same fare seat.
So why move her to a previously empty seat instead of back to her assigned one?
Oh, ok. To be fair someone has to be standing for people to notice they’ve collapsed.
Slightly unrelated, but last time I vomited during a flight they refused to take the bag and throw it away. I had to sit there for 6 hours, holding an uncloseable plastic bag full of my own vomit. Next to other passengers. Like, I get that it's technically some kind of hazard waste that flight attendants shouldn't have to handle, but the alternative is me potentially accidentally spilling it on or near other passengers. I had to carry it off the plane with me like it was my carry-on. It was absolutely ridiculous.
just empty it in the plane bathroom
Damn, I've never seen an uncloseable barf bag before. Usually that have those metal tabs at the top to close it up and mitigate the smell. Flying is shitty enough as it is, what an awful experience! Sorry you had to go through that.