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 says an internal review has found that its crew "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally" when they placed the body of a woman who died mid-flight next to an Australian couple. The airline issued the statement to the BBC on Friday,

Qatar Airways is now responding after passengers claim they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours on flight from Melbourne, Australia to Doha, Qatar.

Qatar Airways has defended its crew's decision to leave a couple sitting next to a dead passenger on a 14-hour flight, inisting that they "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally". The issue was addressed by the airline after the couple,

Qatar Airways said its crew handled the body of a woman who died during a flight from Melbourne to Doha in a professional manner, after a couple said they were forced to sit next to the body. The passenger collapsed in the aisle next to Australian passengers Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin's row after going to the toilet,