Lena Pettersson had just boarded her Tanzania-bound flight at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol when she noticed a man in his 30s looking unwell.u00a0Pettersson, a journalist with Sveriges Radio, said that the man “was sweating and had cramps (seizures).” After the Kenya Airways plane took off, the man died. Cabin crew laid out the dead man across three seats and covered him with a blanket — but left his legs and feet sticking out, Pettersson said.

For the remainder of the overnight flight, Pettersson was forced to sit near the dead man, with just an aisle separating her and the corpse. “Of course it was unpleasant, but I am not a person who makes a fuss,” Pettersson said.