Qatar Airways is defending the actions of its crew after two passengers complained when they were forced to sit next to another passenger’s dead body for four hours on their flight from Melbourne to Doha,

In a statement, the airline stated that it found in an internal review that the manner in which the crew handled the woman's death was

Qatar Airways says an internal review has found that its crew "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally" when they placed the body of a woman who died mid-flight next to an Australian couple.