John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston are preparing to return to the US from the Bahamas with their teenage son's ashes following an elaborate airport decoy involving a hearse.
A black hearse travelled from the undertakers to the airport after the Travoltas indicated they were bringing their son Jett's remains to Ocala, Florida, where they own a home.
Two white jets waited as police in dress uniforms blocked access to the tarmac.
But the hearse was dispatched as a ruse, funeral home director Keith McSweeney told a news conference later, adding that Jett's remains were actually being cremated.
He said the family was planning to leave the Bahamas with the ashes later. He said he could not explain the reason for the decoy.
Meanwhile, an official who saw Jett's death certificate said he was killed by a "seizure".
Jett, who had a history of seizures, was found unconscious in a bathroom on Friday at a family holiday home on Grand Bahama Island.
Glen Campbell, an assistant funeral director in the Bahamas handling Jett's remains, said the certificate gave no information on the cause of death beyond the word "seizure".
He said the body showed no sign of head trauma, despite police saying the teenager may have hit his head on a bath.
Travolta, 54, tried CPR to revive Jett, who may have died in his arms before paramedics took over, Usmagazine.com reported, citing family lawyers.
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