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 August 2025.

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: The rat appeared to have died of natural causes, not because of transit. Rat was deceased upon arrival of the 1:15 fl...
    Death Rat IAH Flight CO683

    Jul, 2005

    May 18, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: Arrived off of Continental flight 14 from Honolulu to Newark Liberty deceased. Description of the Cause of the Incide...
    Death Dog EWR Flight CO14

    Jul, 2005

    May 15, 2005

  • C

    Continental

    Description of the Incident: The cat escaped from its kennel while being transported to the aircraft, was injured and subsequently was treated and ...
    Injury Cat N/A Flight N/A

    Jul, 2005

    May 13, 2005

  • Frontier Airlines logo

    Frontier Airlines

    Carrier/Flt Number: Frontier Airlines #426 Date/Time of Incident: 5/12/05 11:59 p.m. Description of Animal : Cornish Rex ...
    Injury Cat ATL Flight 426

    Jul, 2005

    May 12, 2005

  • Alaska Airlines logo

    Alaska Airlines

    Narrative description of incident: A large breed dog was placed in cargo hold with other animals. The dog escaped from its kennel, breached the cat...
    Death Cat 000 Flight AS539

    Jul, 2005

    May 10, 2005

  • NA

    Northwest Airlines

    Type: Loss Date of Incident: May 4, 2005 – approx 1230 am Location: LAX Routing: NW 300 LAX-MSP NW 454 MSP-JAN AWB: 012 LAX 36263010 Descri...
    Loss Cat LAX Flight NW300

    Jul, 2005

    May 04, 2005

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