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Old 28th Nov 2013, 12:48
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Carrying the Ashes of Deceased

Next week we fly home from Perth, Au, via Dubai, to Newcastle UK carrying the ashes of my late sister in law. We will have a letter from the funeral parlour and have been advised to carry them as hand luggage.


Are we likely to encounter any problems?
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The above may help and very sorry for your loss.
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Thank you - very enlightening. We informed the funeral director of our need to take the ashes home and she assured us that all the necessary paperwork will be there when we pick up the ashes tomorrow. She advised that we carry them in hand luggage.


A very stressful time as it was a sudden death and we want to avoid any problems especially as we transit in Dubai.


Oops, sorry for repeating myself.
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If you need to check back, do so and PM if you wish. It is best to take the container in hand luggage and it MUST be able to go through the x-ray. In the past, people have placed packages in the container.

The container does not contain any metal, as any is taken out before they are packaged. This means things like artifical joints and so on.
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I do know that she had two replacement hips, so hopefully any metal parts will have been removed.
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Not to worry L37. It is standard practice to remove these post cremation as the cremains are prepared for the container.
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A relative of mine carried her fathers ashes from Canada to the UK this year as cabin luggage with no problems.
When she informed the CC that she was bringing home her fathers ashes they found her a better seat, but not an upgrade.

Just let them know at the check in and security, then all should be well.

Alas this is almost a daily part of their job. hope you have a good trip.
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Ashes in Transit

Our only worry is the in-transit x-ray at Dubai. Language could be a problem there.
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English widely spoken at DXB. You'd likely have a problem finding anybody that doesn't speak it.
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