July 2005 Airline Pet Travel Report
The July, 2005 Airline Pet Travel Report contains pet incidents for the month of May, 2005.
Alaska Airlines Death - A large bread dog escaped from it's kennel in the hold of an airplane and broke into a cat's kennel and killed it. Hard to place the blame with the airline on this one. In fact Alaska Airlines banned the dog for life and the dog owner for a year. Seems like a reasonable outcome from an unfortunate event. Alaska Airlines Injury - A 7 year old West Highland Terrier had a missing tooth and some blood in the kennel. No other information was available. Did the dog freak out or did the kennel move during the flight?
Comair Injury - A 2 year old female Sharpei apparently injured herself while trying to escape from the kennel
Continental Injury - A cat escaped from it's kennel and injured itself. Continental Death - Pet arrived deceased from a Honolulu to Newark flight. A necropsy was performed and the cause of death was determined to be unrelated to transport. Continental Death - A rat appeared to die of natural causes. Another rat in the same cage was fine.
Frontier Airlines - A cat was injured when it was placed on a conveyor belt instead of being carried to the customer. The Frontier employee was coached and disciplined regarding this injury.
Northwest Injury - A dog escaped from its kennel during transport by chewing a hole through its kennel. Northwest Loss - A cat escaped from its kennel while being transferred from the cargo warehouse to the passenger terminal. Northwest stated that the cause of this incident was poor kennel design and sent a letter to the kennel manufacture asking that the double-latch vault door found on some of its kennels be incorporated on all kennels throughout its product line.
US Airways - Upon arrival, one of two dogs shipped by the same individual did not look well. A veterinarian recommended that the dog be put to sleep and a necropsy determined that the dog ingested a toxic subsistence. The individual stated that the veterinarian stated that the poisoning most likely occurred during transport. US Airways staff reported nothing abnormal about the dogs when they were removed and maintained reported no spills in the cargo bins.
The Frontier Airlines incident was obviously caused by the airline, but they took action to prevent it from occurring again. The rest, with the exception of the US Airways death, seem more related to kennel issues or unrelated issues. The US Airways incident is a little tougher to figure out and seems to have conflicting stories from the involved parties.
It does seem that one could recommend making sure that kennels are secure. 4 of the 10 incidents involved pets getting out of their kennels.
Continental gets bonus points. They are the only airline that included the number of animals shipped for the reporting period. In this case 6,372.
Incidents by Airline during May, 2005
| Airline | Losses | Injuries | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
Alaska Airlines
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Comair Comair | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Continental Continental | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Frontier Airlines
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| US Airways US Airways | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Incident Details for May, 2005
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Alaska Airlines
Narrative description of incident: A large breed dog was placed in cargo hold with other animals. The dog escaped from its kennel, breached the ca...
Death Cat 000 Flight AS539May 10, 2005
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Alaska Airlines
Description of animal (including name): 7 year old white West Highland Terrier named Sputnik
Narrative description of incident: Dog was checked...
Injury Dog BOS Flight AS12May 24, 2005
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Comair
The following information is being provided as a result of an injury that occurred to an animal in conjunction with required reporting guidelines o...
Injury Dog IND Brachycephalic Flight 5839June 10, 2005
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Continental
Description of the Incident: The cat escaped from its kennel while being transported to the aircraft, was injured and subsequently was treated and...
Injury Cat N/A Flight N/AMay 13, 2005
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Continental
Description of the Incident: Arrived off of Continental flight 14 from Honolulu to Newark Liberty deceased.
Description of the Cause of the I...
Death Dog EWR Flight CO14May 15, 2005
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Continental
Description of the Incident: The rat appeared to have died of natural causes, not because of transit. Rat was deceased upon arrival of the 1:15 f...
Death Rat IAH Flight CO683May 18, 2005
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Frontier Airlines
Carrier/Flt Number: Frontier Airlines #426
Date/Time of Incident: 5/12/05 11:59 p.m.
Description of Animal : Cornish Rex cat named “...
Injury Cat ATL Flight 426May 12, 2005
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NA
Northwest Airlines
Type: Injury Date/Time of Incident: May 20, 2005, approx. 8:00pm Location: MSP Routing: NW #1057 PIT-MSP NW #321 MSP-LAX Description of Animal...
Injury Dog MSP Brachycephalic Flight NW1057May 20, 2005
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NA
Northwest Airlines
Type: Loss Date of Incident: May 4, 2005 – approx 1230 am Location: LAX Routing:
NW 300 LAX-MSP NW 454 MSP-JAN AWB:
012 LAX 36263010 De...Loss Cat LAX Flight NW300May 04, 2005
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US Airways
- Carrier and Flight Number:
US Airways Flight # US893 FRA-PHL
- Date and Time of Incident:
May 19, 2005, between 12:55pm (local, Frankf...
Death Dog DCA Flight US893May 19, 2005
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