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.

  • Hawaiian Air logo

    Hawaiian Air

    Carrier: Hawaiian Airlines Flight Number: 202 Date & Time of Incident: 06/27/2018 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: B...
    Death Dog Brachycephalic Flight 202

    Aug, 2018

    June 27, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 1473 Date & Time of Incident: 06/25/2018 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Aus...
    Injury Dog LAX Flight 1473

    Aug, 2018

    June 25, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 1773 Date & Time of Incident: 06/21/2018 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Not ...
    Death Cat BWI Flight 1773

    Aug, 2018

    June 21, 2018

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1925 Date & Time of Incident: 06/04/2018 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Amer...
    Death Cat Flight 1925

    Aug, 2018

    June 04, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 2567 Date & Time of Incident: 05/31/2018 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Pome...
    Death Dog DTW Flight 2567

    Jul, 2018

    May 31, 2018

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 1115 Date & Time of Incident: 05/19/2018 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: ...
    Death Dog ONT Flight 1115

    Jul, 2018

    May 19, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 2531 Date & Time of Incident: 05/03/2018 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Lab...
    Injury Dog LAX Flight 2531

    Jul, 2018

    May 03, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 348 Date & Time of Incident: 05/01/2018 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Not ...
    Injury Cat DTW Flight 348

    Jul, 2018

    May 01, 2018

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 0393 Date & Time of Incident: 04/03/2018 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Gol...
    Injury Dog DEN Flight 0393

    Jun, 2018

    April 03, 2018

  • Delta logo

    Delta

    A pet German Shepherd "Ajax" was accepted for transport in San Francisco CA (SFO) destined for Atlanta, GA (ATL). The canine was accepted in appare...
    Death Dog ATL Flight 2049

    May, 2018

    March 21, 2018

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 2049 Date & Time of Incident: 03/21/2018 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Germa...
    Injury Dog Flight 1427

    May, 2018

    March 13, 2018

  • SkyWest logo

    SkyWest

    Carrier: SkyWest Airlines Flight Number: 5619 Date & Time of Incident: 03/01/2018 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: ...
    Injury Cat Flight 5619

    May, 2018

    March 01, 2018

  • Hawaiian Air logo

    Hawaiian Air

    Date & Time of Incident: 02/23/2018 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Bulldog Animal Name: Flower Description of Incident: ...
    Death Dog Brachycephalic Flight HA08

    Apr, 2018

    February 02, 2018

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1773 Date & Time of Incident: 12/22/2017 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed:...
    Death Dog EWR Brachycephalic Flight UA1773

    Feb, 2018

    December 22, 2017

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 0534 Date & Time of Incident: 12/21/2017 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Other An...
    Death Bird LAX Flight UA534

    Feb, 2018

    December 21, 2017

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1126 Date & Time of Incident: 12/14/2017 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Chow Ch...
    Injury Dog ANC Flight UA1126

    Feb, 2018

    December 14, 2017

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1682 Date & Time of Incident: 11/03/2017 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: Mastiff...
    Injury Dog ORD Brachycephalic Flight UA1682

    Jan, 2018

    November 03, 2017

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1989 Date & Time of Incident: 10/23/2017 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Devon-Re...
    Death Cat ORD Flight UA1989

    Dec, 2017

    October 23, 2017

  • United Airlines logo

    United Airlines

    Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 2405 Date & Time of Incident: 10/23/2017 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Stafford...
    Death Dog Brachycephalic Flight UA2405

    Dec, 2017

    October 23, 2017

  • American Airlines logo

    American Airlines

    Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 1090 Date & Time of Incident: 10/16/2017 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Bree...
    Death Dog ORD Flight AA1090

    Dec, 2017

    October 16, 2017

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