What do they do with coffins?
Nov 11, 2010, 7:44 pm
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What do they do with coffins?
OK this is kind of weird and morbid.
But I was talking with a friend, and we were wondering what happens when a coffin gets off of a commercial plane? What kind of car takes it? A hearse? Where does it take it to? Do family members come to pick it up and where do they meet it?
Like I said...weird thing to be wondering.
But I was talking with a friend, and we were wondering what happens when a coffin gets off of a commercial plane? What kind of car takes it? A hearse? Where does it take it to? Do family members come to pick it up and where do they meet it?
Like I said...weird thing to be wondering.
Nov 11, 2010, 8:10 pm
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Growing up in Wisconsin I can tell you there is a large business of shipping bodies from AZ and FL back to WI.
Let's say a person dies in FL and the family wants a burial back in WI. An undertaker in FL would prepare the body, then arrange to transport the body to the airport cargo area. When the plane lands in WI, a undertaker in WI (who would be coordinating with the family and the undertaker in FL) would be there with the funeral home's hearse.
The business of shipping bodies is lucrative enough that some airlines offer Frequent Flyer miles to undertakers to use them to ship coffins.
When I worked in VA I visited the UA cargo building at IAD quite often; it was not uncommon at all to see a metal transport coffin coming or going.
Let's say a person dies in FL and the family wants a burial back in WI. An undertaker in FL would prepare the body, then arrange to transport the body to the airport cargo area. When the plane lands in WI, a undertaker in WI (who would be coordinating with the family and the undertaker in FL) would be there with the funeral home's hearse.
The business of shipping bodies is lucrative enough that some airlines offer Frequent Flyer miles to undertakers to use them to ship coffins.
When I worked in VA I visited the UA cargo building at IAD quite often; it was not uncommon at all to see a metal transport coffin coming or going.
Nov 12, 2010, 7:57 am
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OK this is kind of weird and morbid.
But I was talking with a friend, and we were wondering what happens when a coffin gets off of a commercial plane? What kind of car takes it? A hearse? Where does it take it to? Do family members come to pick it up and where do they meet it?
But I was talking with a friend, and we were wondering what happens when a coffin gets off of a commercial plane? What kind of car takes it? A hearse? Where does it take it to? Do family members come to pick it up and where do they meet it?
Nov 12, 2010, 9:15 am
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Nov 12, 2010, 5:56 pm
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You Rang, (yes i am the local undertaker).
WE deliver caskets or coffins properly wrapped to the cargo area at the airport. The paperwork is then completed and the casket loaded on to the flight
when collecting caskets from the airport this again is doen via the cargo area, the casket has to clear customs and then we collect from cargo.
stuart
WE deliver caskets or coffins properly wrapped to the cargo area at the airport. The paperwork is then completed and the casket loaded on to the flight
when collecting caskets from the airport this again is doen via the cargo area, the casket has to clear customs and then we collect from cargo.
stuart
Nov 13, 2010, 11:39 am
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You Rang, (yes i am the local undertaker).
WE deliver caskets or coffins properly wrapped to the cargo area at the airport. The paperwork is then completed and the casket loaded on to the flight
when collecting caskets from the airport this again is doen via the cargo area, the casket has to clear customs and then we collect from cargo.
stuart
WE deliver caskets or coffins properly wrapped to the cargo area at the airport. The paperwork is then completed and the casket loaded on to the flight
when collecting caskets from the airport this again is doen via the cargo area, the casket has to clear customs and then we collect from cargo.
stuart
Nov 20, 2010, 9:00 pm
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