Airline Pet Incidents

Below is a list of all incidents involving the loss, injury, or death of a pet during air travel or shipping. Information current as of October 2024.

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: United ROUTING: UA 1045 Caracas, Venezuela (CCS) to UA1711 Houston, TX (IAH) to Orlando, FL (MCO) DATE: November 4, 2015 UA A...
    Injury Dog MCO Flight UA 1045

    Jan, 2016

    November 04, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: Pittsburgh, OH (PIT) to Chicago, IL (ORD) to San Francisco, CA (SFO) to Incheon, South Korea (ICN) D...
    Injury Dog PIT

    Dec, 2015

    October 20, 2015

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Type: Missing Date of Incident: October 12, 2015 Location: Detroit, Michigan Routing: Detroit, MI (DTW) – Atlanta, GA (ATL) – Columbia, SC (CAE) AW...
    Loss Cat DTW Flight DL901

    Dec, 2015

    October 12, 2015

  • Hawaiian Air logo

    Hawaiian Air

    Date: 10OCT2015 Time: 1:15 p.m. Reporting Station: HNL Flight: HA 3 From: LAX To: HNL Animal Information: Description: Female Bulldog Incident: Upo...
    Death Dog HNL Brachycephalic Flight HA3

    Dec, 2015

    October 10, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #5: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA1577 San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) to Newark, NJ (EWR) DATE: September 28, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4649-902...
    Death Dog EWR Brachycephalic Flight UA1577

    Nov, 2015

    September 28, 2015

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines - Baggage Flight Number: Delta 2839 Date and Time Of Incident 9/28/2015 11:30 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Anim...
    Injury Dog MSP Flight DL2839

    Nov, 2015

    September 28, 2015

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Cargo incident Report Type: Death Date of Incident: September 28, 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Savannah, GA (SAV) -Atlanta, GA (ATL) - Grand Routing:...
    Death Dog ATL Brachycephalic Flight DL2507

    Nov, 2015

    September 28, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #4: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA1534 Detroit, MI (DTW) to UA 0219 Chicago, IL (ORD) to UA0201 Honolulu, HI (HNL) to UA0183 Guam, (...
    Death Dog MNL Brachycephalic Flight UA0183

    Nov, 2015

    September 22, 2015

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    Delta

    Delta Cargo Live Animal Incident Report (Redacted) Cargo Incident Report Type: Injury Date of Incident: September 21, 2015 LOCation: Detroit, MI Wa...
    Injury Dog DTW Brachycephalic Flight DL858

    Nov, 2015

    September 21, 2015

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Cargo Incident Report Type: Death Date of Incident: September 18, 2015 LOCation: Minneapolis, MN Kansas City, KS (MCI) - Minneapolis, MN (MSP) Rout...
    Death Dog MSP Flight DL955

    Nov, 2015

    September 18, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #3: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA1525 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) to Baltimore, MD (BWI) DATE: September 11, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4853-8873 A...
    Injury Dog BWI Flight UA1525

    Nov, 2015

    September 11, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #2: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA0554 Newark, NJ (EWR) to San Diego, CA (SAN) DATE: September 4, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4833-6654 Approxi...
    Injury Dog SAN Brachycephalic Flight UA0554

    Nov, 2015

    September 04, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA1746 Lihue, HI (LIH) to UA0650 San Francisco, CA (SFO) to Austin, TX (AUS) DATE: September 1, 2015...
    Injury Dog AUS Flight UA1746

    Nov, 2015

    September 01, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: ExpressJet Airlines Flight Number: 4099 Date and Time of Incident: August 24, 2015 approximately 1330 EDT Type of incident: Death Descript...
    Death Cat EWR Flight 4099

    Oct, 2015

    August 24, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #3: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA1695 Seattle, WA (SEA) to Newark, NJ (EWR) DATE: August 22, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4822-3910 Approximate...
    Death Dog EWR Flight UA1695

    Oct, 2015

    August 22, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #2: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA0307 Chicago, IL (ORD) to UA1170 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) to UA201Honolulu, HI (HNL) to UA0183 Guam (...
    Death Dog LAX Brachycephalic Flight UA0307

    Oct, 2015

    August 12, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: United Airlines ROUTING: UA0096 London Heathrow (LHR) to Houston, TX (IAH) DATE: August 8, 2015 UA AWB: 016-0647-6864 Approxi...
    Death Dog IAH Flight UA0096

    Oct, 2015

    August 08, 2015

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Cargo Incident Report Type: Injury Date of Incident: August 2, 2015 Location: Minneapolis, MN Routing: Los Angeles, CA (LAX) – Minneapolis, MN (MSP...
    Injury Dog MSP Flight DL1435

    Oct, 2015

    August 02, 2015

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    CARRIER: UNITED ROUTING: Boston, MA (BOS) to Houston, TX (IAH) to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG) DATE: July 28, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4838-7006 Approximat...
    Death Dog IAH Brachycephalic

    Sep, 2015

    July 28, 2015

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS24 (Seattle, WA to Boston, MA) Date of incident: July 20, 2015 Time of incident: 7:15 AM EST Type of Incident: I...
    Injury Dog BOS Flight AS24

    Sep, 2015

    July 20, 2015

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