Women Try to Take Dead Man on Plane

Pair gets arrested after guards flag guy in wheelchair
By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 6, 2010 7:14 AM CDT
Women Try to Take Dead Man on Plane
Two women and their dead relative didn't make it too far into the Liverpool Airport.   (?MarTePics)

Turns out flying is a hassle alive or dead: Two German women were arrested Saturday after trying to board a plane in Liverpool with the body of a dead relative in tow. Airport staff noticed something was amiss when they tried to check in a man who was in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses—and unresponsive, we presume. The women, who were headed to Berlin, were arrested on suspicion of failing to give notification of a death, reports the BBC.
(Read more dead bodies stories.)

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