An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin crew sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight. The female passenger collapsed in the aisle beside Mitchell Ring and his partner Jennifer Colin during their Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha,

Qata Airway has been forced to apologise after couple's flight from Melbourne to Doha took a tragic turn when a fellow passenger died mid-flight, and they were left to endure the aftermath.Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were initially pleased to find empty seats on their Qatar Airways flight.

The couple shared how the cabin crew tried to keep the dead body next to a spare seat beside them after they failed to move the “large” body.