Air flight distress

Sorry to sound macabre, but if the man couldn't get past the dead lady while flying, how was he supposed to get past her once they landed? She would, shall we say, be a lot more difficult to move 5 hours later, surely? I heard this story on the news yesterday. The lady he was with moved to another seat as there were several vacant. I wonder if he could have done too, before they sat the dead woman down, but had stuck it out in the hope of eternal upgrades in future.

Paperbackwriter it was a four seats row so I can't see that being a "side" where you would be trapped.
It's almost certainly a central section with an exit both sides.
He would have moved from the "nearest" aisle seat to the one at the other end - also an aisle...

That's what I think.

The photo is very puzzling .

He is In the foreground. You can see his arms so it’s not a selfie, so there was space for another person to stand on right hand his side and take the picture. So another aisle exit, not trapped.

Then there is a spare seat or maybe two on his left side and then a grey blur.

But beyond the grey blur, in the background there is a coffee/snack area of the kind you get on long haul at the back, to go and help yourself. I can’t make this work in my head. I don’t know any plane where the seats are at a right angle to the back of the plane or where the seats with two aisles face the side of the plane so that you could be photographed side on with the rear snack area in the background.

This photograph is why I didn’t take the initial report seriously and I’m still doubtful. I’d like to hear from the airline.

In our experience their customer care is abysmal.