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
Type: Loss Date of Incident: November 30, 2006 (Investigation completed December 18, 2006) Location: MCO Routing: NW 2798 CWA-DTW NW 422 D...Loss Cat MCO Flight NW 422Feb, 2007
November 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
United Flight: 855 November 14, 2006: 8:32 PM Age: 14 Cat Narrative Description: Description of incident: Passenger checked a ca...Death Cat ORD Flight 855Jan, 2007
November 14, 2006 at 08:14 PM
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight 1209 Date and Time of the Incident 29OCT06 at 1559CDT Description of the Animal, Including Nam...Death Dog DFW Brachycephalic Flight AA1209Dec, 2006
October 29, 2006 at 03:59 PM
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Frontier Airlines
One incident to report as follows: Carrier/Flt Number: Frontier Airlines #505 Date/Time of incident: 10/19/06 flt arrived 11:00 a.m. 10/23/06 pas...Injury Dog DEN Flight 505Dec, 2006
October 19, 2006 at 11:00 AM
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Hawaiian Air
Date: 15Nov06 Time: 3:30 p.m. Reporting Station: LAX Flight: HA 10 From: HNL To: LAX Animal Informa...Loss Cat LAX Flight HA 10Dec, 2006
October 15, 2006 at 03:30 PM
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Date and Time of Incident: October 13, 2006 Reporting Station: Boise, ID Flight / Aircraft Type and Ship # 4288 CRJ A/C 730 Bag Tag, AW...Death Dog BOI Flight 4288Dec, 2006
October 13, 2006 at 09:50 PM
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #545 Date and Time of the Incident 09OCT06 at approximately 2200CDT Description of the Animal,...Death Dog LAX Brachycephalic Flight 545Dec, 2006
October 09, 2006 at 10:00 PM
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Midwest Airlines
Flight Number: 208 Date/Time of Incident: September 26, 2006, 4:00pm CDT Description of Animal: Dog, Golden Retriever, name unknown Owner's Na...Death Dog MCI Flight 208Nov, 2006
September 26, 2006 at 04:00 PM
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Midwest Airlines
Report #1: Reporting Air Carrier: Midwest Airlines Flight Number: 16 Date/Time of Incident: September 10, 2006, 3:50pm CDT Description of Anim...Injury Dog MKE Flight 16Nov, 2006
September 10, 2006 at 03:50 AM
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Continental
TOTAL ANIMALS SHPPED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 8,728 TOTAL REPORTABLE INCIDENTS DURING PERIOD: 1 % OF REPORTA...Death Dog ABQ Brachycephalic Flight CO127Nov, 2006
September 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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ATA Airlines
1) Carrier and flight number: ATA Flight 4757, LAX-HNL 2) Date and Time of the incident: 01 September 2006 3) Description of the anima...Loss Cat HNL Flight 4757Nov, 2006
September 01, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Hawaiian Air
Date: 28Aug06 Time: 12:00 p.m. Reporting Station: HNL Flight: HA 25 From: PDX To: HNL Animal Inform...Death Dog HNL Flight HA 25Oct, 2006
August 28, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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United Airlines
United Flight: 211 Boston/Denver August 25, 2006: 12:00 PM Narrative Description: Description of incident: Passenger checked ke...Loss Cat DEN Flight UA43Oct, 2006
August 25, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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ATA Airlines
1) Carrier and flight number: TZ 4517 2) Date and Time of the incident: August 16, 2006 3) Description of the animal (including name if applica...Loss Bird HNL Flight TZ 4517Oct, 2006
August 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
United Flight: 345/265 RIC/ORD/SLC August 9, 2006: 12:30 PM Narrative Description: Description of incident: Passenger ch...Death Dog SLC Flight 345/265Oct, 2006
August 09, 2006 at 12:30 PM
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American Airlines
Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #31 Date and Time of the Incident 5 AUG 2006 at approximately 11:10am Description of the Anima...Death Dog HNL Flight 31Oct, 2006
August 05, 2006 at 11:10 AM
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Continental
Incident #2 CO Flight #784 EWR-PDX Dog - Shar-pei 6 years old August 2, 2006 Female, Name: Not Ava...Death Dog PDX Brachycephalic Flight 784Oct, 2006
August 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Continental
CO Flight #357 IAH-RNO Dog - Pug 8 yrs old August 2, 2006 Male, Name: Not Available Owner/G...Death Dog RNO Brachycephalic Flight 357Oct, 2006
August 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Continental
CO Flight #617 MSY-EWR Dog - American Bulldog Name: Madison July 30, 2006 Female, 4yrs old Owner/Guardian...Death Dog EWR Flight CO617Sep, 2006
July 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Continental
CO Flight #522 MSY-IAH Dog - Cocker Spaniel Name: "Swirl" July 30, 2006 Female, 8 yrs old Owner/Guardia...Death Dog IAH Flight CO522Sep, 2006
July 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM