If you think that a crying baby is the worst thing to have sitting beside you on a plane, you might want to think again. Sometimes silence isn't actually better!

A new BBC series that looks behind the scenes at British Airways has revealed how staff are trained to deal with passengers who die mid-flight.

'A Very British Airline' covers the strict training regime candidates are put through before being promoted to full-tie cabin crew, part of which deals with this unpleasant "grey area."

For years the procedure was to pretend all was well - “It’s what we used to do many years ago – give them a vodka and tonic, a Daily Mail and eye-shades and they were like, they’re fine." But since the airline has moved towards more considerate measures. 

The London Independent reports that staff have been explicitly warned not to store dead bodies in the aircraft toilets, with a trainer saying, “You cannot put a dead passenger in the toilet. It’s not respectful and it’s not strapped in for landing."

She explains the difficulties of removing the body once rigour mortis kicks in, saying "you would have to take the aircraft apart to get that person out."

Bodies should instead be moved to an available seat in business of first class, or to a space in the crew area. If no such space is available, they should be strapped in tightly and covered from the view of other pasasengers.