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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    Northwest Airlines

    LIVE ANIMAL INCIDENT REPORT – REDACTED Cargo Incident Report # 0108-1 Type: Death Date of Incident: January 10, 2008 Location: MSP Routing: NW 2...
    Death Cat MSP Flight 2809

    Mar, 2008

    January 10, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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    Alaska Airlines

    Incident 1 Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 67(SEA/KTN) Date of incident: January 7, 2008 Time of incident: Approximately 5:...
    Death Dog KTN Flight 67

    Mar, 2008

    January 07, 2008 at 05:10 PM

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    Continental

    CO Flight #1783 Phoenix to Houston Dog – Corgi Mix / 5 years old December 5, 2007 Female / Name: “Daisy” O...
    Injury Dog IAH Flight 1783

    Feb, 2008

    December 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # 1409/30 PHL/SLC Date and Time of Incident November 30, 2007 – 1630 Type of Incident Escape Des...
    Loss Cat PHL Flight 1490/30

    Jan, 2008

    November 30, 2007 at 04:30 PM

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    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 154 (ANC/SEA) Date of incident: November 29, 2007 Time of incident: Approximately 9:00 A.M....
    Injury Dog SEA Flight 154

    Jan, 2008

    November 29, 2007 at 09:00 AM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # EV4642/26 MGM-ATL Flight # EV4820/26 ATL-PVD Date and Time of Incident November 26, 2007 – app...
    Loss Dog PVD Flight EV4642/26

    Jan, 2008

    November 26, 2007 at 05:00 PM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # DL914 ATL-BUF Date and Time of Incident November 20, 2007 – approximately 2100 Type of Incide...
    Death Dog BUF Brachycephalic Flight ATLDL914

    Jan, 2008

    November 20, 2007 at 09:00 PM

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    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 537(DEN/SEA) Date of incident: November 19, 2007 Time of incident: Approximately 9:30 A.M. ...
    Injury Dog SEA Flight 537

    Jan, 2008

    November 19, 2007 at 09:30 AM

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    Continental

    INCIDENT #1: CO Flight #551 Raleigh- Houston Cat – Domestic Short hair-12yrs old November 5, 2007 Male / ...
    Loss Cat RDU Flight 551

    Jan, 2008

    November 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # EV4752 SGF-ATL Flight # DL530 ATL-LGA Date and Time of Incident November 02 2007 – approximate...
    Loss Dog SVA Brachycephalic Flight EV4752

    Jan, 2008

    November 02, 2007 at 10:00 PM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # OO6174/02 SYR/JFK Flight # DL1287/02 JFK/TPA Date and Time of Incident November 02, 2007 – Betw...
    Death Cat TPA Flight DL1287/02

    Jan, 2008

    November 02, 2007 at 07:05 PM

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    Hawaiian Air

    Date: 30Oct07 Time: 2:45 p.m. Reporting Station: HNL Flight: HA 336 From: HNL To: OGG Animal Inform...
    Injury Dog HNL Flight HA 336

    Jan, 2008

    October 30, 2007 at 02:45 PM

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    Comair

    Carrier: Comair Flight Number: 4989 Date and Time of Incident: 10/22/07 / 5:20a.m. Type of Incident Escape Description of Animal Breed: felin...
    Loss Cat MDT Flight 4989

    Dec, 2007

    October 22, 2007 at 05:20 AM

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    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #775 (MIA-STT) Date and Time of the Incident 16 OCT 2007 at approximately 4:30pm Description o...
    Injury Dog STT Flight 775

    Jan, 2008

    October 16, 2007 at 04:30 PM

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    American Airlines

    American Airlines Flight #0822 Date and Time of the Incident 9 OCT 2007 at approximately 4:15 pm EDT Description of the Animal, Including Name E...
    Death Dog MIA Brachycephalic Flight 0822

    Dec, 2007

    October 09, 2007 at 04:15 PM

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    SkyWest

    Date10/01/07SkyWest Flight Number4068 SLC/PDX______ Time of Incident _N/A_ Reporting Manager/Supervisor redacted __StationHDQOO_ Delta Pet Fi...
    Injury Dog PDX Flight 4068

    Dec, 2007

    October 01, 2007 at 12:00 AM

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    Continental

    CO Flight #739 Houston - San Diego Dog - English Bulldog / 4 yrs. old September 22, 2007 Male / Name: “Loki”...
    Death Dog SAN Brachycephalic Flight 739

    Nov, 2007

    September 22, 2007 at 12:00 AM

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    Midwest Airlines

    Live Animal Incident Report – September 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007 Reporting Air Carrier: Midwest Airlines Flight Number: 801 Date/Tim...
    Death Dog MKE Flight 801

    Nov, 2007

    September 05, 2007 at 05:45 PM

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    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 148 (ANC/SEA) Date of incident: Monday, August 27, 2007 Time of incident: Approximately 10:...
    Death Cat SEA Flight 148

    Oct, 2007

    August 27, 2007 at 08:00 PM

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # DL704 LAX-CVG Date and Time of Incident August 23, 2007 - approximately 2200 Type of Incident Es...
    Loss Cat LAX Flight DL704

    Oct, 2007

    August 23, 2007 at 09:00 PM