THIS is the moment an Aussie couple was left in tears after being forced to sit next to a dead woman for hours in a long-haul flight.
Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were travelling to Venice on a Qatar Airways flight when a fellow shockingly collapsed when the plane was mid-air.
And despite the cabin crew’s desperate efforts, the woman could not be saved.
Covered in a blanket, her body was then put on the vacant seat right next to where Mr Ring and Ms Collin were sitting.
The couple was even asked to move over to make room for the body.
For more than four hours, Mr Ring and Ms Collin were forced to sit next to the corpse – and the experience left them traumatised.
A tearful Ms Colin told A Current Affair: “My husband turned around and asked me to move to make space. I was pretty shocked and I said, ‘Are they going to put her there?'”
Mr Ring added: “They went to try and move her, they brought this chair down… and they put her in it and tried to wheel her up towards business class.
“But she was quite a large lady, and they couldn’t get her through the aisle.”
“Unfortunately, the lady couldn’t be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch.”
The Aussie couple said that they were not taken care of by the crew of the passenger jet, claiming that they failed to relocate them away from the body.
They were even forced to stay on board when medical officers began examining the dead woman when the flight landed in Doha.
Mr Ring says one of the officers uncovered the woman’s face in front of her wife.
He added that no one from the airlines contacted them after the horror ordeal.
“I can’t believe they told us to stay… it wasn’t nice,” Mr Ring said.
“They have a duty of care towards their customers as well as their staff, we should be contacted to make sure, do you need some support, do you need some counselling?
“I don’t really know how I feel and would like to speak to somebody to make sure I’m alright.”
The Aussie couple, who are in Venice for their dream holiday, says it is a hard situation.
Ms Colin said: “I’m trying to make the best of a pretty hard situation, but, you know, we’re on holiday so we’re really trying to have a good time.”
Qatar Airways has since indicated it is looking into the incident, Daily Mail reports.
The couple booked the flight tickets through Qantas – the flagship carrier of Australia.
A spokesperson for Qantas said: “Ms Colin booked tickets through Qantas and travelled with Qatar Airways, a fellow Oneworld Alliance carrier.
“The process for handling incidents onboard an aircraft like this is managed by the operating airline, which in this case is Qatar Airways.”
Qatar Airways said it was in the process of contacting impacted passengers.
A spokesperson for Qatar Airways said in a statement: “First and foremost our thoughts are with the family of the passenger who sadly passed away on board our flight.
“We apologise for any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused, and are in the process of contacting passengers in line with our policies and procedures.”
The Sun has reached out to Qatar Airways for comment.
WHEN a passenger dies during a flight, the crew member must check if they can provide any medical assistance to the passenger and revive them.
If the death is confirmed, then the crew will respectfully move the body to an empty row or business class – ideally away from fellow passengers.
They are then required to cover the body with a blanket for the rest of the flight.
If necessary, the plane may be diverted to the nearest airport to handle the situation properly
The pilots may or may not choose to divert the flight to make an emergency landing.
After landing, local authorities will be contacted to take care of the body, and the airline will assist the family with the necessary arrangements.
Some rules may differ depending on the airline companies’ policies.
It comes after a JET2 plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a holidaymaker died onboard.
The aircraft, flying from Tenerife to the UK, was forced to divert to the Spanish mainland on Friday evening after a passenger suffered a fatal medical emergency.
The nationality of the passenger isn’t known, but he was reported to be in his 70s.
Meanwhile, another passenger tragically died onboard an Air France flight while returning from a trip to Paris.
A doctor on the flight reportedly tried to save the passenger’s life after they suffered a medical emergency while returning to Boston.
It comes after a Turkish airline pilot died mid-flight forcing an emergency landing.
Pilot İlçehin Pehlivan fainted during the 12-hour flight forcing the other pilots on board to head off course to New York’s JFK.
MAFS UK star Adam Nightingale stunned Amy Kenyon when he joked about sex and babies following months of romance rumours.
Adam and Amy were paired with other people during Married At Fight Sight UK’s most recent series.
But after the cameras stopped rolling fans noticed the appeared to be very close, and earlier this year they enjoyed a romantic cruise holiday together.
In last night’s reunion episode they were asked about their relationship status, with Adam replying: “There’s been no kissing… so far.”
Speaking in a confessional with Adam, Amy said: “I’m not sure what the future holds for me and Adam. I don’t think the book is fully closed.”
But her jaw dropped when Adam replied: “Maybe some little mini Adams could be on the cards… or maybe we could just practice.”
Adam originally tied the knot with Polly Sellman, while Amy’s show groom was Luke Debono.
And Adam recently insisted he isn’t ruling out a relationship with Amy in the future.
He told The Sun: “I feel like there is chemistry between me and Amy. We do flirt a lot, there’s a lot of flirt banter.
“Whether something progresses, who knows.
“I like how it is at the minute, we’re friends that flirt.
“Who knows? Amy’s single. I think everyone is just too busy with their careers at the moment.”
He previously said: “Me and Amy, she’s like the female version of me. We’re so alike.
“We’ve both said to each other, yeah, we find each other attractive but our friendship’s that good we’d never want to spoil that.”
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DAN ASHWORTH has found a new role in a new sport after leaving Manchester United in December.
Ashworth, 53, left his role as sporting director with the Red Devils just five months after being appointed last year.
The former Newcastle United and Brighton director had been a long-term target for Man Utd as they began their new era under Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
But after a lengthy battle to secure his services, and over £3million in compensation payments to Newcastle, Ashworth was out of the door after less than half a year.
And now the ex-FA director has found himself a new job, somewhere far away from Man Utd and football as a whole.
Ashworth has taken up an advisory role with Warwickshire County Cricket Club, according to The Times.
He has been involved with the cricket club since 2021, having held an honorary role on their audit committee for over three years.
That role is said to have involved oversight of what Warwickshire call their “elite teams and high-performance structure”.
Warwickshire are also set to announce a new performance director in the coming days.
However, Ashworth is understood to not be in consideration for that role.
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It’s reported that the salary on offer for the role would fall well short of the money he has made through his previous jobs in football.
Instead Ashworth will work as a voluntary advisor.
Last week it was revealed Man Utd had spent £4.1MILLION on Ashworth’s exit from the club, in a report of the club’s accounts.
United also confirmed that they had spent £10.4MILLION on the sacking of manager Erik ten Hag and his team.
CARLA WARD will be looking to make it two wins from two as Republic of Ireland boss when they face Slovenia in the Nations League.
The new Girls in Green gaffer got her tenure off to an ideal – if imperfect – start with a 1-0 win over Turkey in Tallaght on Friday night.
Here’s everything you need to know about the match.
Slovenia vs the Republic of Ireland takes place on Tuesday, February 25 at the Bonifika Stadium in Koper.
Kick-off is at the earlier time of 5pm Irish time.
The game will be shown live on RTE 2, with coverage starting at 4:30pm.
Those who are on the move or seeking to live stream the game can do so through the RTE Player.
Leanne Kiernan will not be involved on Tuesday evening after the Liverpool star suffered a calf injury.
It will be a landmark evening for two Ireland players, however.
Captain Katie McCabe will win her 95th cap, inching her ever closer to becoming Ireland’s latest centurion.
Denise O’Sullivan, meanwhile, will win her 121st – putting her joint-second on the all-time appearance list alongside Louise Quinn.
Ireland, being 14 places above Slovenia in the FIFA rankings, are 6/10 favourites to come away with the three points.
The hosts, meanwhile, are priced at 7/2 while the draw is valued at 12/5.
While victorious against Turkey, Ireland were far from perfect, with Carla Ward admitting there is room for improvement.
However, she urged her players to show belief in themselves and not to be afraid to take risks on Tuesday evening.
Ward told RTE: “It’s my job to get these guys to believe. Like I keep saying, they’re good footballers, good people, we want to make sure that they feel comfortable, confident.
“We dominated the ball, we dominated every stat and I think it’s important that we can continue to talk about those moments.
“Because the more they can believe they can take the ball, that they can play, that they have our backing, that if they make mistakes then that’s okay… it’s my job to try and calm that chaos.
“It’s something we’ve done a bit of work on in the last couple of days. The system will never change with me.
“I have a very clear way of playing, the players can see that.
“It’s trying to continue getting those messages in but we are going to try and look at something that will allow us to create more because we didn’t create enough (on Friday).
“We looked at it, five shots in the first half, none in the second. That’s an area that we’ve focused a lot of our work on the last couple of days both on and off the pitch.”
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