Hi all,
I have to take my dad’s ashes with me on an internal UK flight from Stansted to Edinburgh, for a family ash scattering ceremony in Scotland.
The ashes are currently in the sealed and labelled paper bag in the labelled cardboard box that I picked up from the crematorium. I have a death certificate and a cremation certificate to accompany them.
My problem really is that I would much rather have the box of ashes safely wrapped up in my big suitcase, to be checked in to go in the hold of the plane, rather than having to carry them on in a cabin bag.
Unfortunately these days I am somewhat Weedy of Wrist and Absent Minded of Brain. The box is a bit heavy, and I’m so worried that I will put the cabin bag down somewhere in the airport and leave it there!
Has anyone taken a family member’s ashes in a suitcase in the hold on an internal UK flight? It seems that transporting human ashes is only really an issue on international flights, to countries such as the Philippines, who treat human ashes in the same way as they would an actual body and so are sticklers for the correct procedure/paperwork. And making sure it’s not a cover for smuggling drugs…!
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Taking human ashes on an internal flight in the UK – can I put them in a suitcase in the hold
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OfftoPenzance · 20/03/2024 17:38
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