Airline passenger wakes up next to corpse

[Connonym]

LONDON -- A first-class passenger on a flight from New Delhi to London awoke to find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in a seat next to him, British Airways said Monday.

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8NVA6FO0.html

[Aristus]

1. "Can I get a blanket for my friend; he's dead tired."

Arnult Schwarzenegger - 'Commando'.

[pokerfan]

9. "Mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead."

Sean Connery - 'Thunderball.'

[CottonBear]

2. Ewwww! MSNBC: Man flies first class seated near corpse

Woman upgraded after dying in economy during flight from Delhi to London

LONDON - A passenger in first class woke up to a shock when he found himself sitting near a corpse on a British Airways flight, British newspapers reported on Monday.

Paul Trinder, 54, said cabin crew moved the body of the elderly woman from the economy section where she had died after take-off, the Mirror and Sun tabloids said.

"The corpse was strapped into the seat but because of turbulence it kept slipping down on to the floor," Trinder, a businessman, was quoted as saying. "It was horrific. The body had to be wedged in place with lots of pillows."

The woman's daughter was also upgraded and spent the rest of the nine-hour flight from Delhi to London grieving next to her dead mother, the Sun reported

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17683917/

Can you imagine spending 9 hours seated next to a corpse? I suppose the flight was full because they had to seat someone right next to the corpse. He could have moved back to coach but maybe you wouldn't want to sit in a seat where someone just expired. :(

[skygazer]

3. So THAT'S what you have to do to get a seat in first class

Die.

Bummer, man. Can't even enjoy the drinks. If they still serve drinks.

[Parche]

4. Plane

So instead of 'Snakes on the Plane'

Its 'Stiffs on the Plane'

[Miss_Strawberry]

5. I'd rather pee in an airsickness bag

than get a dead person seated near me...

[Connonym]

6. In all honesty, I would be hysterical

I don't know wtf they should do in this situation but if I was the one with the dead body next to me I'd need A LOT of therapy.

[guitar man]

7. that sounds fine to me

I always seem to get seated to some asshole who wants to talk my ear off, the corpse would be a welcome break from that :D

[youthere]

8. I knew the airline food was bad! Holy sheeeit!

[Orrex]

10. Wait a minute--her ticket was upgraded post mortem?

What a sweet deal from beyond the grave!