Qatar Airways issued a statement, saying that its cabin crew acted quickly, professionally and appropriately in placing the dead body of the woman next to the couple. It further said that they had issued compensation to the passengers distressed by the incident.

Qatar Airways defends its response to an incident where a woman died mid-flight. The airline states its crew acted professionally by relocating the deceased while providing support to affected passengers.

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

Ring told Australia's Nine News he spent the last four hours of the 14-hour Qatar Airways flight sharing a row with the woman's dead body. After the passenger collapsed in the aisle near their row, Ring said,

The passengers previously spoke out after being told they couldn't move seats and instead had to sit next to a deceased fellow passenger on their flight

Qatar Airways has defended its actions after a woman died on board a flight from Melbourne to Doha and her body was placed next to another passenger for the remainder of the journey