The plane truth about mid-air mortality

[Slats7]

The plane truth about mid-air mortality | Travel News | News.com.au

AFTER the mid-air death of a Continental Airlines pilot, passengers have been left wondering what happens to the body when someone dies on a plane.

Interesting article.

[futaris]

Some of the comments are a bit distasteful (but funny).

[NM]

So that is where they got the nick name for the old AA first class seats on their 777 aircraft .

[chrisb]

Hmm. Wouldn't blocking off and using a toilet to store someone be a better option than sitting them in a seat next to other passengers?

(from one of the comments "Never in the toilet as rigor mortis can cause body to block the door and make it difficult to remove.". Maybe so, but that's an issue to be dealt with on the ground once the pax are gone)

[NM]

Hmm. Wouldn't blocking off and using a toilet to store someone be a better option than sitting them in a seat next to other passengers?

While it may have some practical advantages, some would consider it inappropriate for maintaining some level of dignity for the deceased.

[samh004]

I'd of thought that moving a dead body near to any passengers would be a bad thing to do, regardless of class of travel. But at the same time, as was the case for the F passenger, I'd think it'd be even worse to place the body in the F cabin.

It wouldn't be nice anywhere, but I'd think the best spot would be the crew rest and the crew just have to do without for a flight.

[NM]

It wouldn't be nice anywhere, but I'd think the best spot would be the crew rest and the crew just have to do without for a flight.

Or the crew could use the newly vacated seat (there must now be at least one spare seat in the cabin) or they could use the F seat that was going to be used for the unfortunate deceased.

Perhaps move the travelling partner of the deceased person (if not travelling alone) to the spare F seat and there are now two other seats available for crew rest.