Dead Body Transportation from Marshall Islands to India

The family or guardian of the deceased requires expert assistance in order to relocate the deceased's body from one place to another. One such team organization offering a variety of funeral-focused services is Last Journey Funeral Direction team.

Air transportation of dead bodies is one of them. We provide our air ambulance services throughout India. A family can contact Last Journey at any time if they require assistance in airlifting a deceased person from the Marshall Islands to India.

Here are the initial steps that we take for a legal repatriation -:

• Get legal permission from the authorities of Marshall Islands to airlift the dead body.
• Arrangement of the facilities for keeping the dead body safe during the process of air transportation.
• Booking tickets for air cargo service on behalf of the deceased's family.
• Delivering the dead body to the doorstep in India.

How does Last Journey team assist the family or guardian of the deceased during airlifting?

Being an experienced, skilled and highly professional team, Last Journey knows well where a family needs the guidance the most. Here are the prime services that we execute on behalf of the deceased's family members.

• The team informs the local and higher authorities of Marshall Islands and India about the air transportation of the dead body.
• We arrange an ambulance van, coffin box, cooling cabinet and metal container for the dead body's safety and dignity.
• To complete the legal formalities, the team collects all the valid and verified documents on behalf of the deceased's guardian.
• If the family is not present during the paperwork and final transportation, the team will take complete charge of the responsibilities.
• In the case of unaccompanied transportation, our reliable team members (1 or 2) will travel with the cargo.
• We send the dead body to a certified embalming center for this specific medical task.
• If the death happened due to any unnatural reason, the team will help the family in obtaining postmortem reports.
• To eliminate the difficulties in communicating with the departments and local service providers, our team provides a well-learned translator.
• We book tickets for the air cargo and flight facility for the safe relocation of the remains.
• After reaching the destination, the team delivers the cargo to the doorstep of the deceased's native residence.

Steps for the safe, law-abiding and dignified air transportation of the dead body from Marshall Islands to India-:

1. Receiving permission from the Marshall Islands authority to airlift the dead body -:

The permission granting documents are mandatory in the dead body air transportation. The last Journey team approaches the authority of that particular area from where the dead body is to be collected. We notify them through a call or message regarding the demise and ask for permission.

These authorities verify the provided information about the deceased person with the help of local area police. After finding the information valid, they grant a NOC (No Objection Certificate) and a few other clearance documents.

In the case of unnatural death due to suicide or murder, the police send the body for medical examination and postmortem process. Last Journey workers check the details mentioned on these documents carefully before receiving them. We also arrange copies of these documents for their submission during the paperwork procedure.

2. Essential safety measures for keeping the body safe -:

In the absence of the required medical facilities and equipment, the remains can not survive for long hours. Being in the "dead body transportation" business for a long years, Last Journey knows how to prevent the decomposition of the body.

For arranging these facilities, we take help from local area funeral homes and other service providers.

• The team books a well-equipped ambulance van to relocate the remains for diverse purposes such as medical examination, postmortem, embalming and airport transportation etc.
• We provide a cooling cabinet for preserving the dead body at a low temperature. The team arranges the freezer box according to the age and size of the body.
• The team shifts the dead body to a certified embalming center where the doctors perform a specific medical treatment.
• To keep the embalmed remains safe during air transportation, the team members place it into a coffin box.
• For more safety and dignity, the team arranges a spacious metal container.

Is embalming necessary in the domestic air transportation of the dead body?

Though embalming is an optional service included in the air transportation facility, some factors make it mandatory in international as well as domestic transportation. Sometimes paperwork takes more time than the required limit due to unavoidable reasons. Hence the body can not survive for long in ordinary circumstances.

Here, embalming becomes mandatory to keep the organs and skin of the dead body fresh and undamaged. In this process, the doctors inject a chemical substance into the dead body to replace the dead body fluid.

3. List of the most important documents required for lawful air transportation -:

You must carry these papers in an original as well as photocopy format.

• Death certificate of the deceased person.
• Form 4 for the death at a residence
• Form 4A for the hospital death
• Postmortem reports if asked by the authorities
• No objection certificate and local area police clearance
• Consent letter by the family or close friend of the deceased
• Certificate of the embalming service
• The Coffin box certificate issued by the local funeral home
• Original passport of the deceased person
• Adhar card or Voter ID card of the deceased person
• ID card of the accompanying family members and friends
• Clearance from Marshall Islands international Airport Authority
• Clearance from the air traffic control system

Final Steps -

Once the entire paperwork is done and all the safety measures have been taken by the team, we book tickets for the final transportation of the dead body. For the doorstep delivery of the remains, we need -:

• Name of the receiver of the cargo at the destined location
• Contact details of the receiver
• Address where the family wants the delivery of the cargo carrying the dead body