An Australian couple's story went viral this week after they said crew members placed a dead body in the seats next to them.

Qatar Airways is defending the actions of its crew after two passengers complained when they were forced to sit next to another passenger’s dead body for four hours on their flight from Melbourne to Doha,

Qatar Airways has defended the decision to leave a couple sitting next to a dead passenger on a 15-hour flight, saying that its crew "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally".