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[font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif]New rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines affecting passengers [/font]
This emotional issue is causing stress...and delays
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 5:03 p.m. ET Aug. 4, 2004[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]New rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines are causing backups at airports when travelers try to take on board cremated remains, security officials warn. The problem is that X-rays can't penetrate some urns, and airport screeners are not allowed to open urns - a combination which can cause backups. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“It's definitely an emotional issue,” noted Catherine Burnett, a Transportation Security Administration liaison with commercial airlines. “Aunt Bertha is a part of their lives, and the air carriers are still having challenges with it.”[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In April, the TSA announced new rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines. A container must pass through an X-ray machine or it will not be allowed as a carry-on item.[/font]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cremations in North America have tripled in the past three decades. The Cremation Association of North America reports that 57 percent of their corpses are incinerated, and up to half of the cremains wind up getting flown out of state.
“Nobody's from here,” Steve Murphy, manager at the Neptune Society of Arizona. “The math is a little hard to work out, but it's very real.”
Joe Livingston, funeral director at Hansen Mortuary in Phoenix, said people want to carry a loved one's ashes on board to make sure they reach that final destination safely. “It's one thing to lose your underwear,” he said. “It's another thing to lose an urn.”
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This emotional issue is causing stress...and delays
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 5:03 p.m. ET Aug. 4, 2004[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]New rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines are causing backups at airports when travelers try to take on board cremated remains, security officials warn. The problem is that X-rays can't penetrate some urns, and airport screeners are not allowed to open urns - a combination which can cause backups. [/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“It's definitely an emotional issue,” noted Catherine Burnett, a Transportation Security Administration liaison with commercial airlines. “Aunt Bertha is a part of their lives, and the air carriers are still having challenges with it.”[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In April, the TSA announced new rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines. A container must pass through an X-ray machine or it will not be allowed as a carry-on item.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cremations in North America have tripled in the past three decades. The Cremation Association of North America reports that 57 percent of their corpses are incinerated, and up to half of the cremains wind up getting flown out of state.
“Nobody's from here,” Steve Murphy, manager at the Neptune Society of Arizona. “The math is a little hard to work out, but it's very real.”
Joe Livingston, funeral director at Hansen Mortuary in Phoenix, said people want to carry a loved one's ashes on board to make sure they reach that final destination safely. “It's one thing to lose your underwear,” he said. “It's another thing to lose an urn.”
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