Airline Pet Travel Incidents
San Francisco International (SFO)
San Francisco, CA
Below is a listing of incidents that have been reported at San Francisco International (SFO) involving the loss, injury, or death of pets during air travel since reporting began in May of 2005.
Current as of October 2024.
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Alaska Airlines
AVIH Injury 8/19/2024 Flight 33 JFK/SFO Breed: Unknown Age: Unknown Brief Description of Incident: Dog arrived destination with bloody paw. Kennel ...Injury Dog SFO Flight 33Oct, 2024
August 19, 2024
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 396 Date & Time of Incident: 09/29/2017 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Boxer An...Injury Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight UA396Nov, 2017
September 29, 2017
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 876 Date & Time of Incident: 09/26/2017 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: ...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight UA876Nov, 2017
September 09, 2017
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 2053 Date & Time of Incident: 08/14/2017 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Austral...Injury Dog SFO Flight UA2053Oct, 2017
August 14, 2017
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1815 Date & Time of Incident: 08/06/2017 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed:...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight UA1815Oct, 2017
August 06, 2017
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 477 Date & Time of Incident: 11/06/2016 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Bull Ter...Injury Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight UA 477Jan, 2017
November 06, 2016
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American Airlines
AMERICAN AIRLINES / December 2015 DOT PET INCIDENT REPORT Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight # 1624 Date and Time of the Incident 1...Death Snake SFO Flight 1624Feb, 2016
December 23, 2015
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United Airlines
INCIDENT #1: UA flight #400 Boston to San Francisco Dog– Brindle & white greyhound / 8yrs old Male November 5, 2012 Name: Chance Owner/Guar...Death Dog SFO Flight UA400Jan, 2013
November 05, 2012
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United Airlines
NCIDENT #3: UAX flight #6244 Des Moines to San Francisco Dog / 5 yrs.old Female September 25, 2012 Name: J...Death Dog SFO Flight UAX6244Nov, 2012
September 25, 2012
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United Airlines
INCIDENT #2: CO flight #1284 Newark to San Francisco Dog– Golden Retriever / 2 yr old Female September 3, 2012 N...Death Dog SFO Flight CO 1284Nov, 2012
September 03, 2012
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United Airlines
NCIDENT #2: UA flight #266 Houston to San Francisco Dog– Mastiff / 3 yr. old Male August 28, 2012 Name: Bam Bam ...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight 266Oct, 2012
August 28, 2012
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Delta
Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 4044 and 745 Date and Time of Incident 30 December 2011, 12 PM Type of Incident: Injury Description of ...Injury Dog SFO Flight 4044 and 7Feb, 2012
December 30, 2011
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Delta
Cargo Incident Report # 0809-1 Type: Death Date of Incident: August 29, 2009 Location: SFO Routing: Atlanta – San Francisco Delta Flight 1...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight 1065Oct, 2009
August 25, 2009
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United Airlines
United Flight: 872 TPE/SFO Animal: Cat – Breed - Tabby Date: July 19, 2008 Name: Unknown Owner/Guardian...Death Cat SFO Flight 872Sep, 2008
July 19, 2008
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Alaska Airlines
Incident 1 Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: QX2031 (OTH/PDX) and AS388 (PDX/SFO) Date of incident: July 11, 2008 Time of incid...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight AS388Sep, 2008
July 11, 2008
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Continental
INCIDENT #2 CO Flight #1566 Houston to San Francisco Dog – Golden Retriever Mix/ 6 years old May 9, 2008 ...Loss Dog SFO Flight 1566Aug, 2008
May 09, 2008
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #15 (JFK-SFO) Date and Time of the Incident 2 APR 2008 at approximately 3pm Description of the...Death Cat SFO Flight 15Jun, 2008
April 02, 2008
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Alaska Airlines
Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 235 (SFO/PDX) Date of incident: Saturday, August 4, 2007 Time of incident: Approximately 7:...Loss Cat SFO Flight 235Oct, 2007
August 04, 2007
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Delta
Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # DL611 FLL-ATL-SFO Date and Time of Incident May 31, 2007 – approximately 1330 Type of Inciden...Death Dog SFO Flight 611Jul, 2007
May 31, 2007
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight 0327 Date and Time of the Incident 22 OCT05 6:20pm PDT Description of the Animal, Including Na...Death Dog SFO Flight 327Dec, 2005
October 22, 2005
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Continental
Description of the Incident: Duke flew on a non-stop flight from Newark, NJ to San Francisco, CA along with another pet from the same family (separ...Death Dog SFO Flight 148Oct, 2005
August 21, 2005
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight 59 Date and Time of the Incident 06AUG05 at 1205CDT Description of the Animal, Including Name ...Death Dog SFO Brachycephalic Flight 59Oct, 2005
August 06, 2005
Traveling to San Francisco International with your pet? Make sure you take a list of emergency vet clinics that are near the airport.
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