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Woman gets refund after being forced to sit next to corpse on flight. Wow, would you want more than a 1/2 refund?

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STOCKHOLM – A Swedish woman has received a partial refund after she was forced to sit near a dead man during an international flight.



Lena Pettersson had just boarded her Tanzania-bound flight at
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol when she noticed a man in his 30s looking
unwell, the Expressen daily reported.



Pettersson, a journalist with Sveriges Radio, told the broadcaster that the man "was sweating and had cramps [seizures]."



After the Kenya Airways plane took off, the man died, the Expressen reported.



Cabin crew laid out the dead man across three seats and covered him
with a blanket -- but left his legs and feet sticking out, Pettersson
said.



For the remainder of the overnight flight, Pettersson was forced to
sit near the dead man, with just an aisle separating her and the corpse.



"Of course it was unpleasant, but I am not a person who makes a fuss," Pettersson said.



After her holiday in Tanzania, Pettersson lodged a complaint with
Kenya Airways, eventually receiving a $713 refund, half the price of her
plane ticket.

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  • wolf sloan 2012/06/24 15:40:47
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    wolf sloan
    +5
    Most of the time, I'd prefer to sit next to someone who isn't going to gab during the entire flight.

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  • AndyBoy 2012/08/01 18:13:54
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    AndyBoy
    At least she didn't have to keep up her end of a conversation
  • dragonfliez 2012/06/28 09:04:34
    None of the above
    dragonfliez
    +1
    Better than Alaska Airlines whose flight attendants are completely nuts, drinking in the bathroom, and kick you off the plane if you can't produce your boarding pass within 10 seconds of the asking - when you are sitting in your correct seat... dozens of trips with Alaska Airlines, never a pleasant experience, many shocking ones, never a problem on any other airline. I'm a business traveler.
  • Lord Claremorris 2012/06/26 01:28:01
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    Lord Claremorris
    +1
    He died on flight. They can't just throw him off the plane. Maybe they should have propped him up and shuffled him around the plane? Maybe they should have hid him in the bathroom to scare people? Or maybe they should have done exactly what they did. You know, that would be my guess.
  • Music Addict ♫ 2012/06/25 19:48:39
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Music Addict ♫
    +1
    It would be really weird sitting next to a dead guy for an entire flight.
  • BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/06/25 14:00:15
  • umapathy Krishnamurthy 2012/06/25 02:32:35
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    umapathy Krishnamurthy
    +2
    She should get full refund
  • Lord Emperor of Dune 2012/06/24 20:16:46
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Lord Emperor of Dune
    +1
    As long as the decedent didn't void their bowels upon "departure", it wouldn't be a big deal. but it would be a great way to save a buck or two...
  • CCRNRT Lord Em... 2012/06/24 20:39:36
    CCRNRT
    +2
    Unless they had nothing there, that's a normal reaction
  • Max 2012/06/24 17:44:06
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Max
    +3
    The deceased's family told the airlines he was a half-assed human being, prompting them to offer only a half refund.
  • CCRNRT Max 2012/06/24 17:47:43
  • Inquisitve Kat 2012/06/24 16:51:32
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    Inquisitve Kat
    +2
    I don't think that would bother me.
    But yeah, I can completely understand why some people would expect more compensation.
  • Willski 2012/06/24 16:22:36
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    Willski
    +1
    They could've probably moved it to a cargo hold or something, but the corpse didn't do much, and in that time wouldn't have gone off.
  • ☼ Supersonic Jocy 2012/06/24 15:44:23
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    ☼ Supersonic Jocy
    +3
    The smell of a corpse is horrible.
  • CCRNRT ☼ Super... 2012/06/24 15:50:25
    CCRNRT
    +1
    yes it is
  • Willie ☼ Super... 2012/06/24 16:45:36
    Willie
    +2
    Not in the first couple of hours.
  • ☼ Super... Willie 2012/06/24 17:13:41
    ☼ Supersonic Jocy
    +3
    Still creepy just to see someone dead a couple of inches away from you for hours.
  • sammanilla 2012/06/24 15:41:05
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    sammanilla
    +1
    It's not the airline's fault the guy died.
  • CCRNRT sammanilla 2012/06/24 15:51:12
    CCRNRT
    +3
    yeah, but they probably could have stored him someplace else
  • sammanilla CCRNRT 2012/06/24 16:35:36
    sammanilla
    They would have if they could have.
  • Stryder CCRNRT 2012/06/24 17:51:12
    Stryder
    +2
    Aren't they supposed to stow all baggage in the overhead?
  • CCRNRT Stryder 2012/06/24 17:52:54
    CCRNRT
    +2
    lol....yeah. He would have fit if you got him in early
  • wolf sloan 2012/06/24 15:40:47
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    wolf sloan
    +5
    Most of the time, I'd prefer to sit next to someone who isn't going to gab during the entire flight.
  • Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/06/24 15:31:25
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~
    +4
    You would have thought they'd move the dead guy somewhere, like in the luggage area...
  • Crypt_H... Anonymo... 2012/06/24 15:45:57
    Crypt_Heart
    +3
    That's not exactly possible, but you're right they should have put him somewhere else...like in First class perhaps?
  • Anonymo... Crypt_H... 2012/06/24 15:51:31
    Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~
    +2
    They definitely wouldn't like that...
  • Yosyp 2012/06/24 15:23:16
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Yosyp
    +4
    at least a free trip to any place in the world, it wouldn't be a hardship for the airlines to do that in the name of customer relations.
  • Aingean 2012/06/24 15:18:26
    hell ya, I'd be getting more
    Aingean
    +3
    I'd want a refund alright, a full refund and the cost of therapy. That wouldn't sit well with me. I'm not good with funerals and Im not near the casket it took me an hour to get into the room to see my big papa before he was buried. Im not afraid of death but I don't want to sit 3 or 4 inches from it either.
  • CCRNRT Aingean 2012/06/24 15:21:08
    CCRNRT
    +2
    don't blame you. I can't believe she only got refunded 1/2
  • Aingean CCRNRT 2012/06/24 18:45:05
    Aingean
    +2
    I know, its crap. You would think they would more a corpse some where else.
  • Stryder 2012/06/24 15:14:47
    No, he didn'tr really bother her
    Stryder
    +4
    Instead of a redeye she took a deadeye.
  • CCRNRT Stryder 2012/06/24 15:20:16

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