I think someone died on my flight on Wednesday. Either that or the curry they had before the flight gave them terrible wind.
Do they have to buy two seats and if so, will Kevin Smith complain?
They swap out the seat at the destination. At least that was what the stew explained after one of my kids ralphed all over the seat. BTW, this was where I learned about used coffee grounds absorbing bad smells.
Since we are talking about… um moving dead bodies and airlines and all, I would like to give this tip to folks.
Your aisle seat armrest does swing up. There is a little button underneath and to the rear of the armrest that allows you to do this. At least on the AirBus. It’s a lock that can be released.
At 210lbs and 6’4” it’s a great help for me to be able to move the aisle armrest and slid my legs out, instead of trying to climb around it. Helps everyone. it’s one of the first things I look for.
This makes it much, much easier for people to get out and stand up.
Or the load factor. I flew on 4 737s last week, all totally jammed. Luckily, no one died on them.
If someone dies near the start of a long haul flight I’d hope they’d be in a reclined seat or laid out in the aisle.
Moving the body on landing would be a bitch if they’ve gone into full rigour mortis in the upright position!
Depends on whether the in-flight menu includes Soylent Green.
Not always. And not always immediately even when they do.
[Samuel L. Jackson]I have had it with these *motherfucking dead people *on this motherfucking plane[/Samuel L. Jackson]
Surely they just stop the treadmill and take the body off - I mean, this all happens on the ground, right? 
ASIDE: I know that the cruise ships (even the fairly small ones, with 100 passengers or so) have a refrigerated compartment for storing anyone who croaks on the cruise. Of course, that’s different from on a plane.
Many years ago (I am talking the 70’s) a local trawler- quite a large one- had a crew member croak. They put him in the freezer room until they returned to port and the catch was condemned.
Someone has to say it:
So he was literally sleeping with the fishes?
The corpse of a small child might be where I’d draw the line.
Singapore Airlines has introduced a special ‘corpse cupboard’ into some of its more recent aircraft. Not sure if any other airlines have followed suit.
That’s also happens on USN submarines (since they don’t have morgue facilities like surface ships); though in wartime they’d just be buried at sea via the torpedo tube.
Neatness would be especially important to them, wouldn’t it?