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.

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #1595 Houston to Los Angeles Dog – French Bulldog / 3yrs old June 28, 2009 Male / Name: “Norman” DOT ...
    Death Dog LAX Brachycephalic Flight 1595

    Aug, 2009

    June 15, 2009

  • C

    Continental

    INCIDENT #1: CO Flight #1010 Houston to Newark Dog – Golden Retriever / 5 yrs old June 10, 2009 Male / Nam...
    Death Dog EWR Flight 1010

    Aug, 2009

    June 10, 2009

  • NA

    Northwest Airlines

    Cargo Incident Report # 0609-1 Type: Death Date of Incident: June 2, 2009 Location: SEA Routing: NW 626 HNL-SEA NW 210 SEA-DTW NW 1098 DTW...
    Death Dog SEA Flight 626

    Aug, 2009

    June 02, 2009

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Eagle#3738 (PPS Shipment from GSP-DFW #001GSP50955450) Date and Time of the Incident 0615; 5/31/09 Descripti...
    Loss Cat GSP Flight 3738

    Jul, 2009

    May 31, 2009

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Animal Incident Report To the U.S. Department of Transportation Pursuant to 14 CFR 234.13 Submitted by Trans States Airlines Reporting Period May 1...
    Death Dog ORD Brachycephalic Flight 8049

    Jul, 2009

    May 25, 2009

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #1351 (MIA - LAS) Date and Time of the Incident 10 MAY 2009 Narrative Description of Incide...
    Death Monkey LAX Flight 1351

    Jul, 2009

    May 10, 2009

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #940 (SCL - DFW) Date and Time of the Incident 15 MAR 2009 Description of the Animal, Inclu...
    Death Dog DFW Brachycephalic Flight AA 940

    May, 2009

    March 15, 2009

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS 15 (BOS/SEA) Date of incident: Monday, March 9, 2009 Time of incident: Approximately 10:...
    Injury Dog SEA Brachycephalic Flight AS 15

    May, 2009

    March 09, 2009

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number Executive Airlines Flight #5055 (STX-SJU) Date and Time of the Incident 24 FEB 2009 Description of the Animal, Inclu...
    Death Cat SJU Flight 5055

    Apr, 2009

    February 24, 2009

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number DL1635 – BWI – SLC DL1193 – SLC - ANC Date and Time of Incident February 15, 2009 – approximately ...
    Loss Cat BWI Flight DL1635

    Apr, 2009

    February 15, 2009

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS19 (MCO-SEA) Date of incident: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Time of incident: 5:30 P.M. ...
    Death Dog MCO Flight AS19

    Jan, 2009

    December 12, 2008

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    American Airlines Flight #905 (MIA-GIG) Date and Time of the Incident 01 DEC 2008 at 12:05 Description of the Animal, Including Name Canine, En...
    Death Dog GIG Brachycephalic Flight 905

    Feb, 2009

    December 01, 2008

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight #1273 Date and Time of Incident November 26, 2008 – Approximately 0930 Type of Incident Deceased...
    Death Dog ATL Flight 1273

    Jan, 2009

    November 26, 2008

  • NA

    Northwest Airlines

    Type: Alleged Injury Date/Time of Incident: 11/20/2008 Approx 1500 Location: FSD Routing: AEX-MEM-MSP-FSD AWB: Not applicable Shipper...
    Injury Dog FSD Flight NA

    Jan, 2009

    November 20, 2008

  • NA

    Northwest Airlines

    Type: Death Date of Incident: November 14, 2008 Location: MNL Routing: NW 1447 Norfolk – Detroit NW 71 Detroit – Manila, Philippines ...
    Death Bird MNL Flight 71

    Jan, 2009

    November 14, 2008

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #2473 (MSP-DFW) Date and Time of the Incident 07 NOV 2008 at 7:19pm Description of the Anima...
    Injury Dog DFW Flight 2473

    Jan, 2009

    November 07, 2008

  • Horizon Air logo

    Horizon Air

    Carrier: Horizon Air Flight: 2163 (SEA/PDX) Date of incident: November 6, 2008 Time of incident: Approximately 4:50 P.M. PT ...
    Loss Dog PDX Flight 2163

    Jan, 2009

    November 06, 2008

  • Horizon Air logo

    Horizon Air

    Carrier: Horizon Air Flight: 2318 (LAX/FLG) Date of incident: October 22, 2008 Time of incident: Approximately 11:15 P.M. PT...
    Injury Cat FLG Flight 2318

    Dec, 2008

    October 22, 2008

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # DL1231/15 – CHS/ATL Flight # DL034/15 – ATL/JNB Date and Time of Incident October 15, 2008 â€...
    Death Cat CHS Flight DL1231

    Dec, 2008

    October 15, 2008

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    United Flight: 87 LAX/HNL Date: October 13, 2008 Animal: Bradley – English Bulldog Narrative Description: ...
    Death Dog HNL Brachycephalic Flight 87

    Dec, 2008

    October 13, 2008

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