It’s Like “Weekend At Bernie’s,” But For Real

Well, this is one of the strangest travel stories I have seen in a long time. Two German women tried to check-in their elderly (91) relative for an easyJet flight from Liverpool to Berlin a few days ago. What?

Apparently, these two women, two children, and the aforementioned old relative decided to fly to the United Kingdom to visit with family over the Easter weekend. During the trip, the relative died on Good Friday, which is of course, unfortunate. And the man dying in another country adds another wrinkle - a fee needs to be paid for the body to be repatriated. And the family wanted to avoid that fee, hence trying to check-in a dead man for a flight on Saturday.

And, in full "Weekend at Bernie's" style, the two women placed sunglasses on the man and tried to convince others that he was sleeping, not dead, though the airport employee who pushed the man's wheelchair figured it out and called security.

I have to say, this is either the most morbid or hilarious story I've read all year. Maybe a combination of both. Read the whole news report here.