An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin staff sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight.

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.

Husband and wife Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin claim they were forced to sit next to a deceased body for four hours while traveling from Melbourne to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. According to the Australian news program A Current Affair,