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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Aviation News

Wow, talk about lost luggage! A man wanting to bury his wife in their native Ecuador, was horrified to learn the coffin was not on board the American Airlines flight from Brooklyn when he met the plane in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Finally the grieving husband found out the body was shipped to Guatemala City - after being told by the airlines it didn't know where his wife's remains were, then he was told they were in Miami, and finally they were found in Gualemala. Four days of agony for the husband. Frieda would think the airlines would extend some kind of priiority treatment to a casket to make sure the family does not have to go through needless suffering in the loss of their loved one.

The funeral director says the shipping error was caused by someone at American who punched the wrong airport code into the system and this was the first time in her 18 year history dealing with American Airlines that a mistake like this has happened.

The husband is suing the airlines.