By bobSP.
First Class travellers on a British Airways transatlantic flight were horrified when they were forced to sit next to a dead body for three hours.
It followed a mid air drama in which a doctor and 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.
Four stewards and a fellow passenger then struggled to carry the deceased American in his seventies into their exclusive area - where tickets cost up to £6,669 return.
Really shocking for the customers..but what are you going to do with a dead body at that altitude??
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.
Truly a sticky situation..but there wasn't much else they could do..he's still a person.
