According to accounts from fellow passengers on United Flight 1284, a flight attendant demanded that a woman traveling with the puppy and her two children place the puppy in its carrier inside the overhead bin for the duration of the flight. When the airplane landed at LaGuardia Airport and the owner opened the overhead bin, the puppy was no longer breathing. “This was a tragic accident that should never have occurred, as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin,” a United spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday. “I just flew into LGA and witnessed a United flight attendant instruct a passenger to put her dog bag in the overhead bin,” tweeted passenger Maggie Gremminger. They lost their dog because of an @united flight attendant.

Source: National Post March 13, 2018 21:33 UTC