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By Jim Douglas |
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August 6, 2010 -
On Tuesday, some time before 6:30 AM, American Airlines personnel placed
14 puppies in the belly of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 on American
Airlines Flight 851 which was to depart American Airlines Flight 851 arrived in at Chicago O'Hare International at 8:57 AM, a 1 hour 27 minutes flight. Sometime after landing, American Airlines baggage handlers took the puppies off the aircraft and noticed the animals looked ill. All 14 puppies were taken to a vet where five puppies had died and two other puppies died later that day. Several of the puppies had connecting flights. |
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On August 8, 2009,
ExpressJet Airlines operating as
Continental Airlines Flight 2816 sat on the tarmac at The Department of Transportation?s Aviation Enforcement Office sets precedent back on November 24, 2009, by issuing the first ever enforcement orders against an airline for stranding passengers for an unreasonable amount of time and Continental Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines were fined $100,000. It is clear that no one was looking out for the interest of these puppies or the owners of these dogs. The airlines need to stop treating pets as luggage. American Airlines policy for the carriage of pets stipulates that if the current or forecasted temperature is above 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29.4 degrees C) at any location on the itinerary the airline will not provide transportation and Snub-nosed dogs such as the Pekingese, bulldog, or pug and cats will not be accepted when the current or forecasted temperature is above 75 degrees Fahrenheit (23.8 degrees C) at any location on the itinerary.
The recommended
temperature for pets flying in the belly of the aircraft should be
between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit otherwise it becomes life
threatening. |
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