United Airline’s recent in-flight incidents with dogs range from terrible to deadly. The worst incident out of three in a about a week involved a French Bulldog puppy who died during a flight. A flight attendant insisted that the guardian put the dog in the overhead bin instead of under a seat, even though the dog’s carrier fit in the space beneath the seat, as required. The guardian objected but was told that her family would not be able to fly if she did not comply.
With no air flow into the area, the dog suffocated. One passenger on the flight said that the puppy was whimpering at the start of the flight, but then went quiet. Another passenger told reporters that she held the guardian’s baby while the woman attempted to resuscitate her unresponsive dog at the end of the three-hour flight.
via Whisker Therapy