In the strange and 'What the ....' file, a few of British Airways' first class passengers were forced to sit next to a dead person for the remainder of their flight today. A doctor on-board and the crew lost a 35 minute battle to resuscitate the man after he suffered a cardiac arrest in business class where he was travelling with his wife.
The tragedy happened on British Airways Boeing 777 Flight 213 which left Heathrow bound for Boston at 10.30am carrying more than 200 passengers.
The tragic case highlights the dilemma facing crews on a packed long-distance plane of what to do with a dead passenger - while balancing the dignity of the deceased with the distress of their family and the concerns of other often squeamish passengers.
One First Class cabin eyewitness said: 'It was a very strange and unsettling thing to experience. We were about half way into the flight and getting my head down to sleep when I heard a commotion from behind the curtain in first class.
Daily Mail (UK)
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