Airline Pet Incidents

Below is a list of all incidents involving the loss, injury, or death of a pet during air travel or shipping. Information current as of April 2025.

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    Continental

    CO Flight # 1496 Las Vegas - Houston Cat - Domestic / 2 years old March 27, 2007 Male / Name: Unknown Owner/Guardi...
    Loss Cat LAS Flight 1496

    Jul, 2007

    March 27, 2007

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    Northwest Airlines

    Type: Injury Date/Time of Incident: March 20, 2005, approx. 6:00pm Central Time Location: MSP Routing: NW #312 LAX-MSP NW #626 MSP-IAD AWB:...
    Injury Cat MSP Flight 312

    May, 2007

    March 20, 2007

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    Continental

    INCIDENT 1: Flt #360 Newark - San Antonio Dog - 10 yrs old / Male 71lbs March 9, 2007 Breed: Siberian ...
    Death Dog SAT Flight 360

    May, 2007

    March 09, 2007

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    Continental

    INCIDENT #2: Flt #1 Honolulu - Guam Cat - Male / 1 year old February 27, 2007 Breed: Dom. Short Ha...
    Loss Cat HNL Flight 1

    Jun, 2007

    February 27, 2007

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    Alaska Airlines

    Incident 1 Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 7 Date of incident: 2/15/07 Time of incident: approximately 8:30 pm Descripti...
    Death Dog 000 Brachycephalic Flight 7

    Apr, 2007

    February 15, 2007

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    American Airlines

    Carrier and Flight Number American Airlines Flight #2213 Date and Time of the Incident 2 FEB 2007 at approximately 2:01pm Description of the Ani...
    Death Dog LAX Brachycephalic Flight 2213

    Apr, 2007

    February 02, 2007

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    United Airlines

    February 14, 2007 United Flight: 81 LAX/HNL January 28, 2007: 12:45 PM Animal: Dog /Pug Narrative Descrip...
    Death Dog HNL Brachycephalic Flight 81

    Mar, 2007

    January 28, 2007

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    Continental

    February 14, 2007 TOTAL ANIMALS SHPPED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 7,409 TOTAL REPORTABLE INCIDENTS DURING PERIOD: ...
    Death Dog HNL Flight N/A

    Mar, 2007

    January 11, 2007

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    United Airlines

    February 14, 2007 United Flight: 167 IAD/SMF January 6, 2007: 12:15 PM Animal: Cat Narrative Description: De...
    Loss Cat IAD Flight 167

    Mar, 2007

    January 06, 2007

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    United Airlines

    United Flight: Lufthansa Flight 4869 and United Flight 903 MAN/MUC/IAD December 28, 2006: 3:00 PM Animal: Cat ...
    Loss Cat IAD Flight 903

    Feb, 2007

    December 28, 2006

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    Alaska Airlines

    Incident 1 Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 584 Date of incident: 12/28/06 Time of incident: approximately 10 am Descripti...
    Injury Dog DEN Flight 584

    Mar, 2007

    December 28, 2006

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    Delta

    Carrier Delta Air Lines Flight Number Flight # DL5297 DCA-JFK Date and Time of Incident December 26, 2006 – approximately 1730 Type of Incid...
    Loss Cat JFK Flight DL5297

    Feb, 2007

    December 26, 2006

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    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: QX 2258 to AS 20 Date of incident: 12/18/06 Time of incident: approximately 7:30 am Descri...
    Injury Dog SEA Flight AS 20

    Feb, 2007

    December 18, 2006

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    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 76 Date of incident: 12/15/06 Time of incident: approximately 5:30 pm Description of anim...
    Injury Dog SEA Flight 74

    Feb, 2007

    December 15, 2006

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    Northwest Airlines

    Type: Loss Date of Incident: December 12, 2006 Location: MEM Routing: NW 158 SEA-MSP NW 458 MSP-MEM AWB: 012 SEA 60525076 Description o...
    Loss Dog MEM Flight NE 485

    Feb, 2007

    December 12, 2006

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Carrier: Alaska Airlines Flight: 337 Date of incident: 12/3/06 Time of incident: approximately 8:30pm Description of animal...
    Death Dog SEA Brachycephalic Flight 337

    Feb, 2007

    December 03, 2006

  • NA

    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 422

    Feb, 2007

    November 30, 2006

  • United Airlines logo

    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 855

    Jan, 2007

    November 14, 2006

  • American Airlines logo

    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 AA1209

    Dec, 2006

    October 29, 2006

  • Frontier Airlines logo

    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 505

    Dec, 2006

    October 19, 2006

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