Report Details

Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1928 Date & Time of Incident: 08/14/2017 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Belgian Malinois Animal Name: Rock Description of Incident: 3.5 year old Belgian Malinois shipped from Boston, MA (BOS) to Newark, NJ (EWR) arrived with injuries. Cause of Incident: Dog injured self while escaping from plastic shipping container during flight. Vet report "revealed Rock to be laterally recumbent…" with bruising on his abdomen area. Corrective Action Taken: No corrective action required. Injury was self-inflicted.