Flight From Detroit To Los Angeles Makes Emergency Landing To Save Dog

A flight from Detroit to Los Angeles made an emergency landing to save a dog having a medical emergency. You don't hear about that very often!

Usually, when a plane has to make an emergency landing it's because there's something wrong with the plane or maybe a passenger on board. Very rarely does that passenger happen to be a dog! Travel website View From The Wing is saying it's the first time they've ever heard of an emergency landing for a pet. Thankfully, the dog is expected to make a full recovery!

View From The Wing reports that Delta Air Lines flight 694 from Detroit to LA was diverted into Minneapolis, Minnesota after a dog became sick and the carrier determined that it needed emergency veterinary care. Personally, I love that they made that choice. It could have been very easy for them to say they're going to continue on as planned because it's not like a human is sick. They could have easily done that but made the decision to make an emergency landing to save the dog. How could you not love that? Well, maybe if you're one of the passengers who had to wait through the delay--but c'mon!

In the end, it sounds like they only ended up being 145 minutes behind schedule, and it sounds like the dog is going to be okay. Worth it! Delta tells View From The Wing, "The safety of our customers and people comes before everything else at Delta. That's why Delta flight 694 diverted to MSP to ensure a cabin pet that became ill received proper care."