Dog dies on United Airlines flight after flight attendant forces it into overhead bin

Shouldn't allow dogs on flights anyway.

Hen parties are a big income stream for budget airlines tbf.

Oh saddo what have you done.

Poor doggie.

there is even a pic of the poor little darling lying there with its paw out

USA TODAY asked big U.S. airlines for their policies, and all allow pets to be brought into the cabin by passengers for a fee. Some allow only cats and dogs; others also allow birds and rabbits. Pets must be inside carriers, and the carriers must be put under the seat in front of the passenger bringing the pet aboard.8 Oct 2013

Couldn't the passanger have sneaked him back out after a bit.

I certainly wouldn't have complied with the instruction to put the dog in the overhead bin.Obvious that high temperature and lack of air would kill the dog.

wins a posthumous crufts airmiles ribbon

I would not have complied either on one of our carriers Facts. I think in the US you are in trouble if you say boo to anyone wearing a uniform, even if they are enforcing something which is not in the rule book. Arguing would possibly have got her restrained and arrested, she should have left the aircraft. Tragic for the lass tbf.

I don't know who I'm more angry with, the stupid flight attendant or the stupid owner!

Facts
"I certainly wouldn't have complied with the instruction to put the dog in the overhead bin."

Exactly, a poor 10-month-old puppy put in a hot overhead locker for 3 hours without any kind of airflow and no water. A very stupid flight attendant and also very stupid for the owner to agree. No excuse for it, very cruel. And why didn't anybody check the dog for those 3 hours, the poor animal was being treated like a piece of luggage !

The world is full of idiots shocking story

Maybe the attendant was told it was a beagle and misheard and thought it was baggage

Wearing a uniform does not make you clever.

Jesus wore a rag

And why didn't anybody check the dog for those 3 hours, the poor animal was being treated like a piece of luggage !

Bad enough the attendants instructions and the owner complying but that's the part that gets me.

It simply defies logic that the cabin staff insisted that the poor dog be stowed in the overhead locker and even more stupefying is that the owner agreed to it as well. If that were my Muttley I'd be off the flight pronto and on a train to wherever it was I was going.

I've seen photos of the bag, it's like a bl00dy jim bag, I'd imagined a crate? They should be sued and the attendant fired.

I mean maybe for a few short minutes at takeoff and landing you MIGHT think it's acceptable but the entire flight in a closed compartment?

I'm fairly sure those comparments are pretty much airtight as they click solidly shut.

is this story true? i can't see a scenario where a dog goes in an overhead locker. it just sounds insane

I've read another article where it states the attendant didn't know there was a dog in the bag.

I read that but other witnesses said the woman had an argument with her saying the dog WAS in the bag, which makes you think the attendant is now covering her back.

what??? the dog was in a bag in an overhead locker? This gets more insane.
Thing is nobody would put my dog in a bag or a locker, i would never allow it. Mind you i took my dog
from USA to UK & she went in a dog cage in the hold (sedated) and i just worried about her the whole journey.
i would never do that again. .

"the dog was barking most of the way then fell silent"
like I said its defo true as there is a pic of the poor little thing lying up there died, its hard to think there is a dumber race than the Americans

Woz it the ruskies wot dun it??

Pedigree chum imo

it's hard to think there is a dumber race than the Americans


Now now terry I could take a fence

well you could,but let me tell you this, I was in an art gallery in old la quinta last week, I was talking to a lady who works there, she said "are you here for the tennis?  its a shame so many top players cant make it this year,i don't think so many people will come and watch" I said,"yes there are so few players left I'm playing Roger Federer in the 1st round" "Gee whizz how exciting do you think you can beat him"? came the reply. I'm 6o years old for heaven sakes,thats how dumb they are.i rest my case

well you could,but let me tell you this, I was in an art gallery in old la quinta last week, I was talking to a lady who works there, she said "are you here for the tennis?  its a shame so many top players cant make it this year,i don't think so many people will come and watch" I said,"yes there are so few players left I'm playing Roger Federer in the 1st round" "Gee whizz how exciting do you think you can beat him"? came the reply. I'm 6o years old for heaven sakes,thats how dumb they are.i rest my case