NO WORD ON HOW MUCH THE CORPSE GOT
(Thanks to Jeff Brown and Chuck Cody)
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Alaska Airlines once gave a widow the frequent flyer miles when her husband was transported as cargo after his demise.
In her case, the family needed the miles to get the ticket for a family member to come to the funeral.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | June 26, 2012 at 12:54 PM
At least he didn't hog the armrest or try to talk her ear off during the entire flight. I'd love to know why the airline didn't turn around when he first became sick during the start of the flight.
Posted by: nursecindy | June 26, 2012 at 01:33 PM
The Kipper and The Corpse, Fawlty Towers
Posted by: MOTW | June 26, 2012 at 01:36 PM
Coffee, tea or embalming fluid?
Posted by: Layzeeboy | June 26, 2012 at 01:47 PM
Delta Airlines MIGHT have offered her a complimentary half-can of Pringles.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | June 26, 2012 at 02:03 PM
Could she use his carry-on space ?
Posted by: LeDud | June 26, 2012 at 03:09 PM
I'm with NC, there have been flights I would have paid extra to be seated next to a corpse. As for the NC's question, she boarded at a stop-over and the EU has some strange rules about visas.
Posted by: max | June 26, 2012 at 03:18 PM
Cindy, planes take forever to take off. But once they are it the air, nothing can stop them.
Also, she doesn't look very traumatized.
Posted by: Elon | June 26, 2012 at 03:31 PM
The worst part was his head kept "accidentally" flopping over and landing on her ramparts. Of course, he never said "excuse me" or "sorry" or "are they real?"
Posted by: random thunking | June 26, 2012 at 03:36 PM
She could used a stiff drink.
Posted by: MikeyVA | June 26, 2012 at 05:36 PM
Not very traumatized? She looks positively gleeful.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | June 26, 2012 at 06:37 PM
The captain has turned off the seat belt sign, you may now move about the cabin. Everyone except the passenger in 10A who must remain seated and continue decomposing.
Posted by: Marc | June 26, 2012 at 08:01 PM
Snork at Marc!
I'd be OK with it until he started the leakage part of decomposition. Just sayin'.
Posted by: ubetcha | June 26, 2012 at 08:39 PM
"I knew I picked the wrong day to quit formaldehyde".
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 26, 2012 at 09:20 PM
Did he get frequent die-er miles?
Posted by: Loudmouth | June 26, 2012 at 09:29 PM
He can be picked up at baggage claim carousel 4.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 26, 2012 at 09:39 PM
She's probably sat next to Swedish men; she's used to it.
Posted by: Clankie | June 26, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Wonder what disease he had? Hope none of the folks on that flight are my flight tonight.
Posted by: EyeGore | June 26, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Sounds like a heart problem. But as it is Kenyan Air, could have been cerebral malaria.
Posted by: Elon | June 27, 2012 at 01:11 AM
I think I saw this one: Corpse on a Plane, Samuel L. Jackson's little-known followup to that Snakes movie right?
We were once on a flight home from London where the American Airlines crew was even less caring and interested than usual. The young woman in back of us (very early 20s) was crying. It turned out the guy next to her had puked in his barf bag and returned it to his seat pocket. He refused to give it to the crew or throw it away. Why? You tell me.
The crew member told the girl that all the seats in the section were taken, so tough luck. My wife and a couple of other woman made a big stink (so to speak) until they agreed to let her sit in first class.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 27, 2012 at 06:46 AM
Jeff...Maybe he was afraid of the extra "carry off barf-bag" fee
Posted by: Betsy | June 27, 2012 at 10:22 AM