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Puppy Tragically Dies on United Flight Due to Flight Attendant Forced Owner Put Him In Overhead Bin

United Airlines is making headlines once again, and once again it is not in a good way. Little under a year ago, in 2017, the airline made headlines when they very forcibly removed a doctor from a United Airlines Flight from Chicago to Louisville after the airline overbooked. The video of the incident went on to be viral, creating a media frenzy. United has been walking on thin ice since. 

And now, it seems that, that thin ice has cracked wide open. 

 

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    Horrific and Tragic News

    Via a flight from Houston to New York, Catalina Castano (Mother) told Buzzfeed News was flying with her 2 children (11 year old daughter, and 2 month old son) after visiting her husband. The adorable 10 month old bulldog, Kokito, was securely fastened in his TSA approved kennel under the seat, when a flight attendant told Castano, needed to be stored in the overheard bin. The puppy had tragially died due to suffocation by the time the plane landed in LaGuardia, according to the Boston Globe.  

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     Brayan Castano (husband) stated "My wife repeatedly asked her to let her keep the dog by her feet, ... She then asked her if the dog would be OK. The flight attendant wouldn't let her keep Kokito by her feet and assured her that he would be fine. Witnesses can attest to that." 

    And thankfully, witnesses have...

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    Taking to Social Media

    Text - MaggieGremminger Follow @MaggieGrem I just flew into LGA and witnessed a United flight attendant instruct a passenger to put her dog bag in the overhead bin. It was clearly a dog and while the customer was adamant about leaving it under the seat, the attendant pushed her to do so. (1) 9:02 PM-12 Mar 2018 1,493 Retweets 3,424 Likes 5SOS L1.5K 169 3.4K

    Fellow witness and passenger to the incident Maggie Gremminger took to social media to report the incident and state the facts. 

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    Text - MaggieGremminger Follow @MaggieGrem Myself and a fellow passenger felt like that was NOT a thing. I am not a flight attendant tho. Maybe they have air ventilation in there that I didn't know about. I tried googling rules about pets on board but didn't have ample time before takeout. (2) 9:04 PM 12 Mar 2018

    Gremminger claimed that the attendant had pushed the woman to place the dog in the overhead storage area, against the woman's wishes , that originally wanted to place the dog under her seat. 

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    Text - MaggieGremminger Follow @MaggieGrem At the end of the flight, the woman found her dog, deceased. She sat in the airplane aisle on the floor crying, and all of surrounding passengers were utterly stunned. (3) 9:04 PM - 12 Mar 2018
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    Text - MaggieGremminger Follow @MaggieGrem I am disgusted and traumatized. Pets are family. How could a trained flight attendant instruct a passenger to place her dog in that bin. It was her job to understand the plane and it's rules/limitations. (4) 9:12 PM - 12 Mar 2018
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    Text - MaggieGremminger Follow @MaggieGrem I don't know how I'll sleep tonight. It was clearly a dog in a TSA approved dog bag. Why would the flight attendant force the woman to put her dog there? I could have done something. I'm so upset. 9:13 PM 12 Mar 2018

    Sadly, another passenger, June Lara, also stated on Facebook that many suspected the worse when there was no sound as the plane landed. Via Distractify; "There was no sound as we landed and opened his kennel.  There was no movement as his family called his name. I held her baby as the mother attempted to resuscitate their 10 month old puppy.{...} I assumed there must be ventilation [in the overhead bin] as surely the flight attendant wouldn't have instructed this otherwise. I heard the dog barking a little and we didn't know it was a cry for help." 



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    Text - Amanda Palumbo Follow @amandapalumbo "...apologized for the incident." The incident was a living damn dog. Jesus, United KCTV5 News @KCTV5 Dog dies after owner was told by United flight attendant to put it in overhead bin >> kctv5.com/story/37716366... 1:45 PM - 13 Mar 2018

    In a statement, a United Airlines spokesperson confirmed the incident and said that the company is taking full responsibility. "We assume full responsibility for this tragedy and express our deepest condolences to the family and are committed to supporting them," United said. "We are thoroughly investigating what occurred to prevent this from ever happening again." 

    But is that enough? The answer for us... is NO! And many people on twitter agree.

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    Text - Kris Van Cleave Follow @krisvancleave @united is apologizing for a "tragic accident that should never have occured" on flight 1284 last night where a passenger was ordered by a flight attendant to put a bag containing her dog in the overhead bin. The dog died inflight. 12:59 PM - 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - southpaw Follow @nycsouthpaw United confirms a dog died on a flight to LaGuardia after its employee forced its owner to stow it in an overhead compartment. nypost.com/2018/03/13/dog 1:17 PM 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - Joe Cluxton Follow @Castletonian Replying to @roqueandrolle I read it and am wondering how can a flight attendant not be aware of the airlines policy - "A pet traveling in cabin must be carried in an approved hard-sided or soft-sided kennel. The kennel must fit completely under the seat in front of the customer " 2:04 PM 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - King T'Kortney Not @SXSW @fakerapper Follow I've flown with my tiny dog twice and each time she is in the carrier which had to be placed under the seat in front of me. If they told me to put her in overhead I would've deboarded and spoke to a manager I WILL NOT HAVE IT OH! 1:37 PM - 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - Matt Ortega Follow @MattOrtega United Airlines communications specialists walked into work this morning and this is how their day ends: "United told ABC News it assumes full responsibility for the dog's death." 2:17 PM 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - Alex Leo Follow @AlexMLeo So in the past 12 month United has bloodied a passenger, banned girls from flying for wearing leggings, falsely accused a father of molesting his son and killed a dog. southpaw @nycsouthpaw United confirms a dog died on a flight to LaGuardia after its employee forced its owner to stow it in an overhead compartment. nypost.com/2018/03/13/dog... 1:56 PM 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - MaggieGremminger @Maggie Grem Follow Dear twitter-verse. My apologies for my sleep deprived typos today. It's been a hard, sad one. I am grateful that word is spreading about the United flight 1284 incident so that we NEVER have to see this happen again. Thank you for amplifying this horrific, but important story. 10:27 AM 13 Mar 2018
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    Text - J Weath Follow @jweatherly34 Replying to @MaggieGrem @united @united @FAANews Another reason I will never ever fly or support doing business with United Airlines! #unitedsucks 9:50 AM - 13 Mar 2018
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