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Did Delta Airlines Kill Family Cat?
http://www.nbc5.com/travelgetaways/2662716/detail.html
According to NBC5 tv news: An Oregon family said their cat died because it was not allowed to be carried on with their other two felines. Sara Stano said her family chose Delta Airlines because they assured her their three cats would be allowed as carry-on luggage. Instead, Stano said, the family was allowed to carry on only two cats and had to check the third one. When they arrived in Greensboro, N.C., the cat in the cargo hold was dead. "They brought him out in his kennel, and they sat him down next to us, and he was dead," Stano said. "He had been dead awhile. He was really stiff, and he was really cold. It was horrible," Stano said. Delta Airlines did not comment on the cat's death, but their guidelines state that passengers assume full responsibility for animals that are transported. - story end. I think this is horrible, but I think the family dropped the ball. They should have relied less on the assurance of a telephone sales agent or travel agent and received a confirmation IN WRITING. After all, three cats were to be travelling. In addition, why didn't the family refuse to board and demand intervention by a very senior airline executive to try to work this out? Also, if passengers are legally allowed to bring at least one carry one piece of luggage, then why wasn't each family member allowed to designate one cat carrier as their designated piece of carry on luggage? I will personally contact Delta for these answers and hope y'all do as well? If Delta did cause the death, I hope everyone boycotts the airline! |
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Luvskats00 wrote:
http://www.nbc5.com/travelgetaways/2662716/detail.html According to NBC5 tv news: When they arrived in Greensboro, N.C., the cat in the cargo hold was dead. "They brought him out in his kennel, and they sat him down next to us, and he was dead," Stano said. "He had been dead awhile. He was really stiff, and he was really cold. It was horrible," Stano said. A few years ago, a baggage handler realized that he put a dog in an unheated cargo hold, and the airline pilot made an emergency landing so the dog could be removed from it. There are heated cargo holds where animals should go. Which means that someone at delta placed this cat in the wrong hold. |
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