{"id":10447,"date":"2018-03-20T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?p=10447"},"modified":"2018-03-20T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:43:40","slug":"united-airlines-under-fire-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/united-airlines-under-fire-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines under fire, yet again"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ABBY LLOYD<\/p>\n

United Airlines seems to be one of the most controversial airlines after it continues to have crises left and right.<\/p>\n

A French bulldog, Kokito was found dead in the overhead bin of the United Airlines flight from Houston to New York City.<\/p>\n

Before the flight took off, the flight attendant assured owner of Kokito that her dog would be safe in the overhead bin. Although owner paid $125 to have her French bulldog sit comfortably\u00a0under her seat, the flight attendant insisted that he was not allowed.<\/p>\n

June Lara, who sat behind Kokito’s family, posted on Facebook a summary of his trip with\u00a0United, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n

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June Lara reports his story on Facebook, found on ABC News<\/p><\/div>\n

However, there was a different story told by someone else on the flight. One woman believed the flight attendant didn’t know there was a dog in the bag and that is why she instructed Kokito’s mom to put the bag overhead.<\/p>\n

However, many people on the plane said there were barks coming from the bag, which makes this woman’s claim unlikely, reported ABC News 13.<\/p>\n

“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was a dog. I thought it was a normal bag,” the flight attendant reportedly said to Kokito’s pet mom.<\/p>\n

Since the upsetting incident, animal rights activists and protesters have had a frenzy with\u00a0 United, but more importantly, all pet passenger\u00a0rules. Protesters held a “dog-in” at\u00a0LaGuardia Airport and displayed a “Kokito’s\u00a0Law” in honor of the life that was just lost.<\/p>\n

There has been a lot of coverage on this topic, mostly by local news like ABC and Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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