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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: SoCal Mac on March 22, 2026, 08:30:28 PM
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-13-hour-dead-body-heated-galley-ordeal/
They should have returned to point of departure. I'm guessing airlines or those who regulate them don't have a official policy to handle situations like this. Flying 13 hours with a heated corpse isn't right. Looks like this happened in the middle of March.
Quote from: SoCal Mac on March 22, 2026, 08:30:28 PMI'm guessing airlines or those who regulate them don't have a official policy to handle situations like this.
Sorry, but that's nonsense. All longhaul airlines have a policy in place to handle the death of a passenger in-flight.
It happens more often than you might think.
In this instance they seemed not to have followed the policy. Sounded like they weren't sure where to put it. Keep it in the seat covered up to the neck. Locked the lavatory and finally on a heated floor in the galley. Bodies start smelling very soon after death and being heated didn't help the situation being in a close space. Maybe airline should keep body bags for situations like this.