United Airlines Reaches Settlement Over Dead Dog: Report

ASTORIA, QUEENS -- United Airlines has reached a settlement with the Queens family whose French bulldog, Kokito, died in-flight after an attendant stored the pup in an overhead bin, TMZ reported on Thursday.

The amount of money United will pay to the Robledo family in the settlement deal is confidential, Evan Oshan, the Astoria family's attorney, told the news site.

The Robledos threatened to sue the airline after a flight attendant ordered Catalina Robledo to store her 10-month-old pooch in an overhead bin aboard a United plane from Houston to LaGuardia on March 12, Patch previously reported.

The dog was heard barking from the bin for nearly two hours before suffocating to death, passengers first told aviation news site "The Points Guy."

The pooch's death was the latest of several incidents that landed United in hot water for mistreating its flyers. The airline came under fire a year ago when a passenger was violently dragged from a Chicago flight after refusing to give up his seat so employees could fly.

David Dao, 69, suffered a concussion, a broken nose, two lost teeth and other injuries after Chicago aviation security officers pulled him off the plane, Patch previously reported.

Since the pooch's death, United has apologized to the Robledos and changed its pet carrier policies.

United said it began issuing brightly colored tags in April for customers traveling with in-flight pets to place on their carriers to avoid confusion the airline claimed prompted the flight attendant to place Catalina's dog in the overhead bin.

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