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the loon:
It seems its possible. Just die on the flight....



LONDON (Reuters) - A passenger in first class woke up to a shock when he found himself sitting near a corpse on a British Airways flight, newspapers reported on Monday.
Paul Trinder, 54, said cabin crew moved the body of the elderly woman from the economy section where she had died after take-off, the Mirror and Sun tabloids said.
"The corpse was strapped into the seat but because of turbulence it kept slipping down on to the floor," Trinder, a businessman, was quoted as saying. "It was horrific. The body had to be wedged in place with lots of pillows."
The woman's daughter was also upgraded and spent the rest of the nine-hour flight from Delhi to London grieving next to her dead mother, the Sun reported.
The Guardian newspaper said the incident happened last week.
British Airways has apologised for any distress suffered, according to the reports. The Mirror quoted BA as saying: "We apologise, but our crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option they thought would cause least disruption."
( http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19032007/80-132/man-tells-first-class-flight-corpse.html )

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barnhill4x4:
I used to work for BA and I honestly cannot believe this story.
  THey have plenty of places they could place a body, why they would put it on a passenger seat with other passengers in first class is beyond me. Someone needs the sack after that.

DarrenG:
Nor why they would continue a 9hr flight when they would normally return to the departure airport!

datalas:
perhaps it was wearing a crucifix and didn't want to be accused of anti-religious practices again :)

the loon:

--- Quote from: "barnhill4x4" ---Someone needs the sack after that.
--- End quote ---


yeah they used the sack to get the body off the plane without drawing any attention to it...its all getting a bit faulty towers.
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