A Melbourne couple who say they had to sit next to a dead passenger on a Qatar Airways flight have shared their “traumatising” experience.

Mitch and Jenny appeared on A Current Affair on Monday, telling host Ally Langdon how a woman collapsed in the aisle beside them during a flight from Melbourne to Doha.

“The staff were there in no time, and I pat them on the back, they did a wonderful job trying to revive her,” Mitch told Langdon.

Though airline staff “did everything they could”, the woman could not be resuscitated. They then attempted to place the deceased woman in a wheelchair and move her to business class, but were unable to, Mitch said.