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.

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.

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.