Airline Pet Incidents
A complete list of all reported incidents involving the loss, injury, or death of a pet during air travel.
Information current as of September 2025.
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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 UA0554Nov, 2015
September 04, 2015 at 09:30 AM
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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 UA1746Nov, 2015
September 01, 2015 at 09:30 AM
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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 4099Oct, 2015
August 24, 2015 at 01:30 PM
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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 UA1695Oct, 2015
August 22, 2015 at 04:58 PM
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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 UA0307Oct, 2015
August 12, 2015 at 03:45 PM
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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 UA0096Oct, 2015
August 08, 2015 at 03:00 PM
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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 DL1435Oct, 2015
August 02, 2015 at 12:00 AM
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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 BrachycephalicSep, 2015
July 28, 2015 at 06:03 PM
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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 AS24Sep, 2015
July 20, 2015 at 07:15 PM
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United Airlines
CARRIER: UNITED ROUTING: Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL) to Houston, TX (IAH) DATE: July 19, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4836-6312 Approximate Time: 1:17 PM CST TYPE...Death Dog IAHSep, 2015
July 19, 2015 at 01:17 PM
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United Airlines
CARRIER: UNITED ROUTING: Madrid, Spain (MAD) to Newark, NJ (EWR) to Houston, TX (IAH) DATE: July 16, 2015 UA AWB: 016-0552-5494 Approximate Time TY...Death Dog EWRSep, 2015
July 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: UNITED ROUTING: Newark, NJ (EWR) to Paris, France (CDG) DATE: JULY 5, 2015 UA AWB: 016-4829-6452 Approximate Time: 10:28 AM C...Death Dog CDG BrachycephalicSep, 2015
July 05, 2015 at 10:28 AM
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United Airlines
INCIDENT #2: CARRIER: United ROUTING: Tampa, FL (TPA) to Houston, TX (IAH) to San Diego, CA (SAN) DATE: June 18, 2015 UA AWB: 016- 4821-4585 Approx...Death Dog TPAAug, 2015
June 18, 2015 at 09:30 AM
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United Airlines
INCIDENT #1: CARRIER: United ROUTING: Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to Chicago, Illinois (ORD) to Kansas City, MO (MCI) DATE: June 9, 2015 UA AWB: 016-0...Injury DogAug, 2015
June 09, 2015 at 01:00 PM
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American Airlines
DOT PET INCIDENT REPORT Carrier and Flight Number American Eagle Airlines Flight #3122 Date and Time of the Incident 31 May 2015 G) 14:59 Descripti...Injury Dog CHO Flight 3122Jul, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 02:59 PM
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Delta
Cargo Incident Report Type: Death Date of Incident: May 30, 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Routing: Tampa, FL (TPA) – Atlanta, GA (ATL) – Sacramento, C...Death Dog ATL Brachycephalic Flight DL1872Jul, 2015
May 30, 2015 at 02:34 PM
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Alaska Airlines
Incident 6 of 6: Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS23 (Chicago, IL (ORD) to Seattle, WA) Date of incident: May 25, 2015 Time of incident: 7:30 AM ...Death Cat ORD Flight AS23Jul, 2015
May 25, 2015 at 07:30 AM
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American Airlines
DOT PET INCIDENT REPORT Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #1418 Date and Time of the Incident 21 May 2015 (G) 22:34 Description of...Injury Dog DTW Flight AA1418Jul, 2015
May 21, 2015 at 10:34 PM
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Alaska Airlines
Incident 2 of 6: Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS136 (Anchorage, AK to Seattle, WA) Date of incident: May 16, 2015 Time of incident: 5:12 AM PST...Injury Bird SEA Flight AS136Jul, 2015
May 16, 2015 at 05:12 AM
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Alaska Airlines
Incident 5 of 6: Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: AS82 (Anchorage, AK to Seattle, WA) Alaska Airlines DOT Animal Incident Report – May 2015 – Redac...Death Dog SEA BrachycephalicJul, 2015
May 15, 2015 at 08:45 PM