Man flies first class seated near corpse

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

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.

The Guardian newspaper said the incident happened last week.

British Airways has apologized for any distress suffered, according to the reports. The Mirror quoted BA as saying: "We apologize, but our crew were working in difficult circumstances and chose the option they thought would cause least disruption."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17683917/?GT1=9145

[Ban Hammer 13,928]

that's one way to get a seat upgrade

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

"you gonna eat that dessert?" "Didn't think so..."

[Jas&Pat 0]

We have to die to get upgraded to first class now? Heehee.

[Niels Bohr 72]

This is so horrible! I can't tolerate things like that. If my grandmother died on an airplane, I probably would be staring at her motionless body forever thinking of where I would bury her.

[almaty 19]

maybe, he thought he was bored stiff..

[patiently_waiting 0]

Who does that?

[cbd2cai 0]

This is sad!! I feel sorry for the guy that had to experience this . . . but I think the woman's daughter probably had the worst flight experience!

FYI, I hope this never happens to me . . . either way, hehe!!

[Ban Hammer 13,928]

on a good note, at least she didn't talk the entire trip

[Mags 112]

This is so horrible! I can't tolerate things like that.

Death is a fact of life, you are going to have to tolerate things like that I'm afraid. Maybe not dying on an aeroplane exactly, but dying in general...

[*julez* 124]

"you gonna eat that dessert?" "Didn't think so..."

Funniest thing I've read all day! Almost spit my Diet Pepsi all over my monitor! Thanks for the laugh!

[Mary Lou 682]

on a good note, at least she didn't talk the entire trip

[JayJay 4]

Oh dear...God that is really horrific isn't it? I really do hope her daughter had some family members ready when she touched down. I mean ####### - what do you do at the other end when it comes time to claim baggage and stuff? And go through customs and immigration? Jeez. Okay so I could say tons of black humor style stuff but I already feel a bit bad cus' I laughed at some of the one-liners above. Which were funny though...

God - I don't know what I would have done if I were a member of the flight crew. And what about teh decomp over those nine hours if she did indeed die shortly after takeoff? Wow...

[William33 110]

on a good note, at least she didn't talk the entire trip

Charles, you are too much!!!

[SoL. 0]

that's one way to get a seat upgrade

I rather fly with my legs crunched and a kid kicking the back of my seat than getting the corpse upgrade special