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.

  • American Airlines logo

    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 327

    Dec, 2005

    October 22, 2005

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    INCIDENT: United Flight: 1555 Breed: Beagle October 5, 2005: 5:54 PM arrival Age: 8 Name: Snoopy Narrative Descriptio...
    Death Dog MCO Flight 1555

    Dec, 2005

    October 05, 2005

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight 1129 Date and Time of the Incident 03OCT05 at 7:45am CDT Description of the Animal, Including...
    Death Dog DFW Brachycephalic Flight 1129

    Dec, 2005

    October 03, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Animal was deceased upon arrival (inside its kennel) at Oklahoma City. Description of the Cause of the Incident: Acco...
    Death Dog OKC Brachycephalic Flight 318

    Nov, 2005

    September 17, 2005

  • UA

    US Airways

    Carrier and Flight Number: US Airways Flight # US28 SEA-CLT Date and Time of Incident: August 30, 2005, between 11:15am (local, Seattle, W...
    Loss Cat CLT Flight 28

    Oct, 2005

    August 30, 2005

  • UA

    US Airways

    Carrier and Flight Number: US Airways Flight # US127 PHL-SAN Date and Time of Incident: August 30, 2005, approximately 7:05pm (local, PHL)...
    Injury Dog PHL Flight 127

    Oct, 2005

    August 30, 2005

  • Horizon Air logo

    Horizon Air

    Carrier: Horizon Air Flight: 2500 Burbank to Portland Date of Incident: August 24, 2005 Time of Inc...
    Injury Dog PDX Flight 2500

    Oct, 2005

    August 24, 2005

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight 2282 Date and Time of the Incident 22 AUG05 at 2251 EDT Description of the Animal, Including ...
    Death Dog BWI Brachycephalic Flight 2282

    Oct, 2005

    August 21, 2005

  • C

    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 148

    Oct, 2005

    August 21, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Self-inflicted injury to the mouth which occurred when animal chewed through the kennel. Description of the Cause of ...
    Injury Dog TPA Flight 218

    Oct, 2005

    August 13, 2005

  • American Airlines logo

    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 59

    Oct, 2005

    August 06, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Dog arrived Newark deceased. Description of the Cause of the Incident: Necropsy was performed and the examining veter...
    Death Dog EWR Flight 220

    Oct, 2005

    August 02, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Dog escaped kennel upon arrival in Houston (IAH). Description of the Cause of the Incident: Kennel was not secured wi...
    Injury Dog IAH Flight 605

    Oct, 2005

    August 01, 2005

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Description of animal (including name): Dog breed-Boxer/Name-unknown Identification of the owner(s) and/or guardian of the animal: Redacted Narra...
    Injury Dog 000 Brachycephalic Flight 660

    Sep, 2005

    July 29, 2005

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Description of animal (including name): Cat named Cricket Identification of the owner(s) and/or guardian of the animal: Redacted Narrative descr...
    Injury Cat 000 Flight 115

    Sep, 2005

    July 29, 2005

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Description of Animal Dog – Terrier Mix named “Terrie” Description of the Incident Dog was observed alive when loaded onto flight # DL1100 i...
    Death Dog ATL Flight 1100

    Sep, 2005

    July 10, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: The animal was accepted in New Orleans for a trip to Portland, Oregon. Cable ties were added to secure the kennel doo...
    Loss Dog IAH Flight 1022

    Sep, 2005

    July 05, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Animal was decease inside his kennel upon arrival of the aircraft at Portland, Oregon, aboard non-stop flight from New...
    Loss Dog PDX Flight 784

    Sep, 2005

    July 01, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: During flight from Washington, DC to Houston, this dog was able to bend the post of the kennel and she forced her way ...
    Death Dog IAH Flight 159

    Aug, 2005

    June 29, 2005

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Description of Incident: Jasmine was boarded in Hartford with a connection in Chicago where she was to have been transferred to a Portland Oregon f...
    Death Dog PDX Flight 455

    Aug, 2005

    June 26, 2005

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