FAA Corpse Procedures

Michael Morisy filed this request with the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America.
Submitted May 21, 2013
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From: Michael Morisy

Subject: None

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To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

FAA rules, guidelines, and procedures for shipping human corpses by commercial airline.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Morisy

From: FAA

Subject: None

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FAA's Legal Department did not find anything in either the FAA or DOT
databases for regulations, advisory circulars, etc. dealing with this.
Looked at both Southwest Airlines and American airlines websites and they
have provisions and requirements for shipping human remains, but neither
cite to any regulations covering the shipment other than state or local
health regulations.

From: FAA

Subject: None

None

FAA's legal department did not find anything in either the FAA or DOT
databases for regulations, advisory circulars, etc. dealing with this.
Looked at both Southwest Airlines and American airlines websites and they
have provisions and requirements for shipping human remains, but neither
cite to any regulations covering the shipment other than state or local
health regulations.

You may wish to contact the Department of Transportation's FOIA Office at:

Department of Transportation
Kathy Ray, FOIA Officer
Office of the General Counsel, C-12
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20590

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