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| UmmiE |
A central Newfoundland family was forced to delay a funeral last week because Air Canada failed to deliver the remains of the deceased.
The Springdale family of Dennis Hamilton, who died suddenly last week while working in Alberta, say they are distraught that his body was left thousands of kilometres away.
Sister-in-law Judy Hamilton said she received two devastating phone calls last week: the first about Dennis Hamilton's death in Fort McMurray, and then the second to inform her that his body was not on the plane when it landed at the airport in Deer Lake, about 130 kilometres away.
"This was the funeral director, saying, 'He's not here.' He said he got bumped in Montreal, and the cargo went on, but he got bumped," Hamilton told CBC News.
Air Canada is not commenting on the incident, but an official said the airline is investigating what went wrong.
Hamilton said the family was aghast at the incident, which delayed both the viewing at the funeral home and the funeral service itself.
Dennis Hamilton's body arrived on a flight Thursday afternoon, about 12 hours later than expected.
"You just don't bump a loved one in Montreal and keep him there for a whole night and say, 'They can wait,'" she said.
"And let luggage go on? It's not acceptable."
Hamilton said no one from Air Canada contacted them during the ordeal.
"He was put somewhere - we don't really know. I don't think we really want to know," she said.
"There wasn't much compassion, as far as the family's concerned."
She said she wants assurance from the airline that no other family would go through the same thing.
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| NuERA |
| They probably should have paid for the premium service |
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| Ania_xox |
We cremated my Babcia and she came along on the flight to Poland in her nice little vase back in 2004 :toocool:
I think everyone should be cremated nowadays
Although I do believe it goes against some religious doctrine?? |
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| Frenchie |
lol vase! Do you mean an "urn"?
And wow to say, "They can wait", is beyond low. Shame. |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by NuERA
They probably should have paid for the premium service |
Exactly. The $25 would have gone a long way. |
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| RobbyG. |
wow:eyes: ...even dead humans get bumped off of flights
RJ is right though and they shoulda spent the extra $$$ to guarantee the arrival of their loved one:( |
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| jchung52 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobbyG.
wow:eyes: ...even dead humans get bumped off of flights
RJ is right though and they shoulda spent the extra $$$ to guarantee the arrival of their loved one:( |
ya but to some, that could be quite a bit... regardless of the issue. transporting a body prob costs a good amount by itself... in any case, that is just low |
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| Abercrombie |
| Should've fedex'd him |
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| RobotHouse |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
We cremated my Babcia and she came along on the flight to Poland in her nice little vase back in 2004 :toocool:
I think everyone should be cremated nowadays
Although I do believe it goes against some religious doctrine?? |
Discouraged by most christian beliefs, catholics see the body as holy so it goes against the idea of receiving any sacraments and there is supposed to be a body at the mass after you die (a way around this is if you contact your bishop and ask to just have the persons ashes present), and some jewish beliefs discourage it as well. Not to sure about any others but I think Hindus encourage it. |
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| capo tutti di |
| I wanna be taxidermed, fist pumping, and on a speaker box in the guv main room |
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| UmmiE |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobotHouse
Discouraged by most christian beliefs, catholics see the body as holy so it goes against the idea of receiving any sacraments and there is supposed to be a body at the mass after you die (a way around this is if you contact your bishop and ask to just have the persons ashes present), and some jewish beliefs discourage it as well. Not to sure about any others but I think Hindus encourage it. |
Muslims are buried and are against it as well. |
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| capo tutti di |
| quote: | Originally posted by UmmiE
Muslims are buried and are against it as well. |
isn't there also a 24-48 hr rule where they must be buried as well?> |
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