United Airlines flight diverted after dog 'mistakenly' placed on plane
A third mishap involving a pet on a United Airlines flight has occurred in less than a week, ABC News reports.
A flight from Newark to St. Louis was diverted Thursday after the airline realized that a dog was "mistakenly" loaded onto the plane, United Airlines said in a statement.
The dog was dropped off in Akron, Ohio, and was later "safely delivered" to its owner, the airline said, but it is unclear where the reunion took place.
United provided compensation to all of the customers on board the diverted Flight 3996, it said.
The mix-up was the third incident involving a pet on a United Airlines flight in just a week.