Condolence to the family of Capt Ajay Kumar.
I have to agree with C1999. KUL is way too far the MNL-DOH route.
I guess it was OCC's decision.
As stated by SMARTPILOT, KUL was chosen for crew replacement. No second guessing there.
This is the second time were OCC got involved in a decision relating to death on board.
2 years ago a QR B777 had pax death on board (declared dead by doctor on board) enroute to New York. It happened 3 hours after airborne. OCC's decision was to continiue the flight to New York.
The dead pax was laid in the galley & covered with blanket the remainder of the flight.
My opinion: poor decision by OCC. It saved the company $s, but hygiene & health, having a dead person in the galley.... ahh... very bad!
My only question is: was Capt Ajay declared dead by a doctor on board?