WASHINGTON, US - THE body of a woman was found inside an airplane restroom after a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles landed in Atlanta early on Wednesday, according to a Delta statement and media reports.

'Medical professionals on the flight were called to assist the crew' and authorities meeting the flight 'confirmed that the passenger had passed away,' Delta spokesman Maria Schnabel said in a statement.

There were no signs of foul play and the body of a woman in her 60s was taken to a medical examiner's office for an autopsy, The Los Angeles Times said quoting Atlanta police.

The discovery was made after a passenger of Delta flight 950 alerted the flight crew that a woman had not come out of a restroom for more than half an hour.

The identity of the deceased was not released by Delta 'as a matter of passenger privacy,' Ms Schnabel said. -- AFP