What do they do with a person who dies on a transatlantic plane flight?

I heard on the news that the flight crew were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive a person in the middle of a transatlantic flight from London to Boston.


What would they do with the deceased person in the event that the plane was full?


Would the passengers still be obligated to sit next to the deceased?|||First of all, Flight Attendants try not to make a big deal over it due to the rest of the passengers. They put him on the floor and defibulate him, give him cpr and if that does not work, they put him back in his seat with his seat belt on and not a sheet over his head in hopes people will think he is sleeping. If it was a full flight, someone has to sit next to him.|||First of all no one "dies" on an aircraft. They are never pronounced dead on board - because if some well meaning physician who happens to be traveling does so, then the aircraft is taken out of service until the coroner in the community where the aircraft lands can conduct an investigation.





When I used to work for a midwest-based airline, this happened to us when we diverted an aircraft to a small town that was not in our route structure ... since this passenger was sick and in distress. He passed away, and was pronounced. It was HOURS before we were allowed to leave - with a plane load of passengers.





Generally, passengers are pronounced dead on the jet bridge.|||Yikes, you'd think they would at least carry him to the back or something!