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.

  • Hawaiian Air logo

    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 10

    Dec, 2006

    October 15, 2006

  • AS

    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 4288

    Dec, 2006

    October 13, 2006

  • American Airlines logo

    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 545

    Dec, 2006

    October 09, 2006

  • Midwest Airlines logo

    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 208

    Nov, 2006

    September 26, 2006

  • Midwest Airlines logo

    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 16

    Nov, 2006

    September 10, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    TOTAL ANIMALS SHPPED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: 8,728 TOTAL REPORTABLE INCIDENTS DURING PERIOD: 1 % OF REPORTA...
    Death Dog ABQ Brachycephalic Flight CO127

    Nov, 2006

    September 07, 2006

  • AA

    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 4757

    Nov, 2006

    September 01, 2006

  • Hawaiian Air logo

    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 25

    Oct, 2006

    August 28, 2006

  • United Airlines logo

    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 UA43

    Oct, 2006

    August 25, 2006

  • AA

    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 4517

    Oct, 2006

    August 16, 2006

  • United Airlines logo

    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 345/265

    Oct, 2006

    August 09, 2006

  • American Airlines logo

    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 31

    Oct, 2006

    August 05, 2006

  • C

    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 784

    Oct, 2006

    August 02, 2006

  • C

    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 357

    Oct, 2006

    August 02, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #617 MSY-EWR Dog - American Bulldog Name: Madison July 30, 2006 Female, 4yrs old Owner/Guardian...
    Death Dog EWR Flight CO617

    Sep, 2006

    July 30, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #522 MSY-IAH Dog - Cocker Spaniel Name: "Swirl" July 30, 2006 Female, 8 yrs old Owner/Guardia...
    Death Dog IAH Flight CO522

    Sep, 2006

    July 30, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #90 LAX-EWR Dog - Labrador Mix Name: "Cody" July 18, 2006 Male, 14 yrs old Owner/Guardian REDA...
    Death Dog CLE Flight CO90

    Sep, 2006

    July 18, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #3 LAX-HNL Cat - Domestic Shorthair Name: "Bandit" July 13, 2006 Male, 2 yrs old Ow...
    Injury Cat LAX Flight CO3

    Sep, 2006

    July 13, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #486 EWR-SJU Dog - Mixed breed Name: "Joey" July 10, 2006 Male, 6 yrs old Owner/Guar...
    Death Dog SJU Flight CO486

    Sep, 2006

    July 10, 2006

  • C

    Continental

    CO Flight #422 IAH-LAX Dog - Boston Terrier Name: "Mr. Jiggs" July 8, 2006 Male, 12yrs old Owner/Gua...
    Death Dog LAX Brachycephalic Flight CO422

    Sep, 2006

    July 08, 2006

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