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.

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.

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.