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Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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I'd sit next to a dead person on every damn flight if I had the choice.
There's bodily fluids that leak out afterwards. I don't think you'd want that to splash on you during turbulence.
I feel like if they had asked for volunteers to sit next to the body they would have gotten some. It's morbid, yes, but on a practical level it's more comfortable than being squished next to a living stranger.
Instincts, man. People here lack them. Don't hang out next to a dead body of someone who just randomly collapsed, especially on something like a plane which can experience bad turbulence.
Well, she did die in the bathroom, so maybe her bowels are emptied?
She could bleed out of her mouth, nose, or other orifices depending on how she died, and people have a lot of blood in them. Also pee, vomit
Cover her with blankets.
Blankets aren't waterproof. And bodies that are dead are very floppy, trash bags can be punctured when they shift around.
Eh, still beats a living stranger.
I think you've just literally never been around a dead body.
That's true. The odds of me having the opportunity to sit next to one on a plane are extremely, low, though, so it's a moo point.
Given Trump's policies, idk about that. It might become commonplace for us to see dead bodies. It was during his last admin, all those makeshift body storage areas, remember?
But in the highly specific situation of me having to sit next to one on a plane? Still unlikely.
What about on a train?
I feel like they wouldn't force someone to sit next to a corpse on a train, as stopping is much easier.
What about a gondola?
Maybe she was Elvis
"Hey, this is MY armrest." shoves corpse
I think that's a fairly reasonable solution. The problem is asking people though. Can't really blast on the loud speaker that someone died, hard to go seat by seat.