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26th June 2012...Kenya Airways would like to issue this clarification following reports in sections of the media that a passenger was allegedly forced to fly next to a corpse on a flight from Amsterdam on 17th January 2012. Kenya Airways confirms that a passenger passed away on-board KQ117 from Amsterdam and below is the chronology of events:

* The passenger was visibly ill on boarding the aircraft and the Cabin Crew paged for a doctor. There were 3 doctors on board including a Dutch Medical Professor, the doctors examined the passenger, gave him treatment and certified him fit to fly. On these instructions, the Captain then made the decision to fly with the late passenger to Nairobi.
* About 2hours into the flight the Passenger condition worsened and the 3 doctors again checked on him and advised the captain to land at the nearest airport. The Captain immediately made arrangements to divert and make an emergency landing in Rome or Cairo. Unfortunately the passenger passed away while the landing arrangements were being made.
* The Captain followed the laid down procedures as per the company’s policy. He informed all the relevant authorities as per the Kenya Civil Aviation regulations. The cabin crew moved passengers from row 46 where the body was to make space as per the Company policy.
* The aircraft Boeing 777 was full, 24 passengers in Business and 296 passengers. Efforts were made to move passengers from row 46 to the four empty seats in Business class that weren’t occupied.
* Unfortunately two passengers across the aisle could not be moved due to the full flight.

We wish to point out that Kenya Airways upholds the highest standards in all operations and crew adhere to all procedures relating to such occurrences on board, indeed the three medical doctors on board were full of praise for the professionalism, compassion and understanding displayed by the cabin crew