An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin staff sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight.

An Australian couple have spoken of the "traumatic" moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a dream holiday, told Australia's Channel 9 a woman died in the aisle beside them during the flight from Melbourne to Doha.

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.