Look into the guy on the left.
Posted on 08/04/2010 11:35:12 AM PDT by Willie Green
Seven puppies die after American Airlines flight lands
CHICAGO - American Airlines has launched an investigation into what caused the death of seven puppies aboard a flight that landed in O'Hare International Airport Tuesday morning.
American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said 15 puppies were aboard Flight 851 that left Tulsa, Oklahoma at 7:30 a.m. and arrived at O'Hare shortly about an hour and a half later.
"We're not certain if the puppies died during the flight or later, because we still have to talk to the employees who handled them. We plan to do that today," she said. "They may have arrived alive, right now we don't know."
The remaining puppies were taken to a nearby veterinarian American Airlines uses for any animal emergencies, according to Fagan. She said two died either enroute or while being treated at the vet.
"I do know people were trying to cool them off. The animals looked lethargic," she said.
Fagan said that some of the puppies were bound for other destinations, with O'Hare being a connecting flight. She didn''t know any of the breeds involved.
"We're going to figure out what happened. We've been transporting animals safely for 50 years. We do not want this happening again," Fagan said.
Animals are placed last when baggage goes onto an aircraft and the first off, according to Fagan.
American sucks rocks and I’m sure that airline employee incompetence is to blame.
Sadly, they are typical of the industry these days.
Were the owners charged with a dog corpse handling fee?
“Maybe the dingo ate your puppies...”
I guess that’s one of the dangers of allowing unaccompanied minors on commercial flights...
American sucks rocks and I’m sure that airline employee incompetence is to blame.
Sadly, they are typical of the industry these days.
That sucks! Putting animals in cargo is dicey.
Poor little guys.
Oops. Sorry for the repost! :)
Always fly pets Continental = the baggage areas are pressurized and cooled just like the cabins.
No. They were charged _seven_ dog corpse handing fees....
:-(
What is the difference in passenger miles between domestic air, and all other non car transit( rail, light rail, ferry..) in the US, per year?
50% ?
Nope.
Double, at 100%?
Nope.
Triple? Nope.
....
Try ten times as much. 1,000%.
583,000 millions vs. 53,712.
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_37.html
Willie’s new slogan: Buy this light-rail system for $20 billion or WE’LL KILL YOUR PETS!
We have always used Delta.
As far as I now , all pets are flown in pressurized and heated/cooled cabins.
OK...who hit the puppy snuffer???
Yes, that is true. However, it is because it is not airconditioned in the cargo portion in the airport. Once they are on the plane they are fine. You do not want your puppy to sit on the tarmac in Atlanta when its 110 degrees.
American has a lot to answer for, but who in their right mind would ship puppies in August? Are they nuts? There’s good land transport to use this time of year, nobody with a functioning brain would ship puppies now!
Oh, and BTW, I wouldn’t even think of selling a puppy to someone who was unwilling to come and pick up the puppy in person and accompany it home. If they don’t want to travel to pick up the pup, they don’t deserve it.
In the 747, live animals are located in the forward hold, which is heated. However I know the heating/cooling system to be quite ineffective. As an animal lover I would NEVER put a dog or a cat in a cage in any airline cargo hold... If you care for your pet - send it on cargo airplanes (non passenger flights) - where animals are always located on the "main deck" (generally on the forward pallet) with acceptable temperature and lights, not in a dark and noisy, freezing or overheated cargo hold of a passenger aircraft
Yep, particularly if they are the last on.
This is the AIRLINE’S fault! There are heat restrictions, and the airlines took the puppies knowing the temperatures would be too high. Fly Continental, they have temperature controlled (read: puppy safe) cabins. I hope the breeders of these puppies seek justice from this airline. www.humanewatch.org
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