Pet dog found dead after 11-hour flight to LA
An airline passenger’s dog was found dead in the cargo hold upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport.
Fox News said Air France-KLM had confirmed the animal had been travelling on one of its flights from Amsterdam on Tuesday.
The owner was described as being ‘devastated’ to find her pet, reportedly a husky, had died after she went to collect it.
The animal is believed to have died from a lack of oxygen sometime during the nearly 11-hour flight after being placed in the aircraft’s cargo area, according to TMZ.
However, in a statement from the airline to Fox News, the cause of death cannot be confirmed until after the scheduled necropsy.
In a statement, an airline representative said: "A dog was found dead in the cargo hold of the KL601, after a flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles on March 19.
"The dog’s owner has been notified and we express our condolences. In co-operation with the local health authority in the US, the CDC, the dog was initially examined to ensure there was no immediately obvious public health threat.
"The dog was loaded correctly according KLM’s pet policy. We have to wait for the results of the necropsy to determine the cause of death," the statement read.
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