Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Dead Woman Upgraded to First Class


LONDON - A passenger in first class woke up to a shock when he found himself sitting near a corpse on a British Airways flight.

Paul Trinder, 54, said cabin crew moved the body of the elderly woman from the economy section where she had died after take-off.

"The corpse was strapped into the seat but because of turbulence it kept slipping down on to the floor," Trinder, a businessman, was quoted as saying. "It was horrific. The body had to be wedged in place with lots of pillows."

After Trinder complained to staff about the incident they told him to simply 'get over it'.


To be fair, Trinder had additional complaints about the flight--including that his champagne glass was "spotty" and his hot towel was "luke warm at best."