The couple forced to stand next to the dead body on the plane for 4 hours after the woman dies the middle

A married couple said they had to stay near a dead woman’s body for four hours on a flight from Australia to Qatar.

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were in a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha, the capital of Qatari last week. About 10 hours in flight, a woman came out of the toilet, collapsed and died in front of them, couple He told the Australian news program “A Current Adventure” Sunday.

“They did everything they could, but unfortunately, the lady could not be saved, which was quite heartbreaking,” said Ring.

Ring said the flight crew then put the woman’s body on an empty chair next to the couple, for the rest of four hours of flight.

“They looked a little frustrated, then they looked at me and saw that the chairs were available next to me, my wife was on the other side, I was in a row,” said Ring. “They said,” Can you go over please? “And I just said,” Yes, no problem. ” Then they placed it on the lady on the chair I was in. “

Qatar Airways, who is owned by the Qatari government, said in a statement to NBC News on Monday, “first, our thoughts are with the passenger family who, unfortunately, died aboard our flight.”

“We apologize for any inconvenience or suffering that this incident could have provoked and we are in the process of contacting the passengers in accordance with our policies and procedures,” the statement states.

The couple said that the flight crew would not let them change the chairs for the rest of the flight and asked them to stay seated while the medical staff addressed the corpse to land. They added that they were not offered any support by Qatar Airlines after the fact.

“They have a debt of care for their customers, as well as their staff, we should be contacted to make sure you need a certain support, you need counseling,” said Ring.

The final destination of the couple was Venice, Italy. They said they were still trying to save their trip.

“I try to make the most of a rather difficult situation, but, you know, we are on vacations, so we really try to spend good,” Colin said.

This story first appeared on Nbcnews.com.