I’m a flight attendant and this is what happens to dead bodies on planes

A FLIGHT flight attendant has revealed what happens to the dead bodies on the plane.

Brieana Young, a flight attendant with Virgin Australia, shared how staff deal with a dead body if someone dies in a journey.

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Talking to news.com.aupodcasts of, I have news for you, Melbourne-based Brieana said it was important for staff to show their respect for the deceased.

She said: “We want to be as respectful as possible if that [death on board] really happen.

“They are put in special seats when they land to make sure they are safe in the plane, but what is interesting is that when the plane lands, it is considered a crime scene.

“So the police stepped in and assessed the entire plane and the passengers.”

That means if someone dies on the flight you’re on, you could have a long wait.

Brieana continued: “So if that [death on board] happened on your flight, expect to be there a while after you land. “

If you’ve been on a couple of flights, chances are you’ve flown with a dead body without realizing it.

Thousands of dead passengers are transported around the world every year.

So they don’t warn passengers, airlines have nicknames for corpses so they can fly undetected: ‘a Jim Wilson’.

The name comes from the crates used to transport bodies.

A pilot also said body might is called HR, which stands for ‘Human Remains’.

Dead bodies are usually carried in the hold, but some passengers can sit next to one, which is what happened when The woman who died on the flight from Turkey to Russia.

A 50-year-old diabetic woman passed away just 45 minutes after a three-and-a-half hour flight when she didn’t have any insulin.

Her body was laid on the aisle under a blanket during the flight – much to the horror of passengers.

A version of this article was originally published on news.com.au and has been reproduced with permission.

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