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 is now responding after passengers claim they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours on flight from Melbourne, Australia to Doha, Qatar.

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.