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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Delta
Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 2338 Date & Time of Incident: 03/19/2020 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Sphy...Death Cat PHX Flight 2338May, 2020
March 19, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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Delta
Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 2137 Date & Time of Incident: 02/27/2020 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: York...Death Dog LAX Flight 2137Apr, 2020
February 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 1362 Date & Time of Incident: 02/20/2020 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: ...Death Unknown Flight 1362Apr, 2020
February 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 1091 Date & Time of Incident: 01/30/2020 Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Breed: ...Injury Dog MIA Flight 1091Mar, 2020
January 30, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 371 Date & Time of Incident: 01/27/2020 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: ...Injury Dog DFW Flight 371Mar, 2020
January 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 258 Date & Time of Incident: 01/10/2020 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Amer...Death Cat AUS Flight 258Mar, 2020
January 10, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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Hawaiian Air
Carrier: Hawaiian Airlines Flight Number: HA154 Date & Time of Incident: 01/04/2020 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal...Injury Dog HNL Flight HA154Mar, 2020
January 04, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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Delta
Delta Cargo Live Animal Incident Report Date of Incident: December 29 2015 Location : Routing Portland OR Portland, OR (PDX) - Salt Lake City, UT (...Injury Cat PDXFeb, 2016
December 23, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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Alaska Airlines
Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight Number: 101 Date & Time of Incident: 12/22/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Br...Injury Dog ANC Flight 101Feb, 2020
December 22, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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Alaska Airlines
Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight Number: 95 Date & Time of Incident: 12/22/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Bree...Death Bird ANC Flight 95Feb, 2020
December 22, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 70 Date & Time of Incident: 11/26/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: B...Injury Dog DFW Flight 70Jan, 2020
November 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 2160 Date & Time of Incident: 11/23/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: ...Death Cat DCA Flight 2160Jan, 2020
November 23, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 2344 Date & Time of Incident: 09/15/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: B...Injury Unknown IAH Flight 2344Nov, 2019
September 15, 2019 at 12:03 AM
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 555 Date & Time of Incident: 09/09/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Br...Injury Dog ORD Flight 555Nov, 2019
September 09, 2019 at 12:05 AM
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Delta
Carrier: Delta Air Lines Flight Number: 1316 Date & Time of Incident: 09/03/2019 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Chih...Death Dog MEM Flight 1316Nov, 2019
September 03, 2019 at 12:01 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 2216 Date & Time of Incident: 08/29/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: ...Death Dog SNA Flight 2216Oct, 2019
August 29, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 362 Date & Time of Incident: 07/16/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: Br...Injury Dog EWR Flight 362Sep, 2019
July 16, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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American Airlines
Carrier: American Airlines Flight Number: 2639 Date & Time of Incident: 06/24/2019 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Da...Death Dog ORD Flight 2639Aug, 2019
June 24, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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Hawaiian Air
Carrier: Hawaiian Airlines Flight Number: 0328 Date & Time of Incident: 05/30/2019 Type of Incident: Death Description of Animal: Breed: Bu...Death Dog Brachycephalic Flight 0328Jul, 2019
May 30, 2019 at 12:05 AM
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United Airlines
Carrier: United Airlines Flight Number: 1063 Date & Time of Incident: 05/28/2019 12:00 AM Type of Incident: Injury Description of Animal: B...Injury Dog Flight 1063Jul, 2019
May 28, 2019 at 12:09 AM