Frank Ramano is devastated over the loss of his beloved dog, Ty.

Ty was in a crate in the cargo section of a plane headed to Tampa from Los Angeles on Oct. 31, but never arrived in Florida.

Delta Airlines told Ramano that the dog chewed through his crate and made it onto the tarmac. It is unclear where Ty went from there, and LAX employees continue to search for the missing animal.

Ramano does not believe the airline’s description of the events leading to Ty’s disappearance, and was offended by the $200 credit offered to compensate him for his loss.

“To me it sounds like they don’t care,” he told 10 News. “They sound like they lost a piece of baggage. No. He’s family. He’s like my best friend. He’s another part of our family.”

Ramano was homeless when he adopted Ty last year.

“He was like a big anxiety pill,” he explained. “He would help me through the rough times.”

Allegedly, a Delta employee called Ramano and said that Ty had arrived at Tampa International Airport, although the company’s baggage department confirmed that the dog never arrived in Tampa.

“I have a feeling someone stole him or something. This is a fishy story,” Ramano said. “I have no clue how they could just lose a pet like that… I’m not going to fly Delta Airlines ever again after this happened. I don’t trust Delta.”

Despite the heartbreaking circumstances, Ramano is still hopeful that his microchipped dog will be returned to him. “I just want him home safe. I just want him back. I just want to be reunited with Ty again.”

Delta Airlines told 10 News that they regret that Ty disappeared while in their care.

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) — An air traveler said his dog, Ty, went missing en route from Los Angeles to Tampa, Fla., one week ago and he blames Delta Airlines for the mix-up.

Frank Ramano and his 6-year-old dog boarded the flight Oct. 31 at Los Angeles International Airport, but when Ramano got off the plane in Tampa, Ty wasn’t there.

It’s been one week since Ty went missing, and Ramano said he’s stuck in Tampa until he finds out what happened to his best friend.

“To me it sounds like they don’t care. They sound like they lost a piece of baggage. No. He’s family. He’s like my best friend. He’s another part of our family,” Ramano told WTSP-TV, Tampa.

Delta initially told Ramano Ty chewed out of his crate but made it to Tampa. Baggage handlers later told WEAR-TV, Tampa, the dog never arrived at Tampa International Airport.

Ramano said he adopted the dog last year when he was homeless.

“He was like a big anxiety pill. He would help me through the rough times,” he said.

“I just want him home safe. I just want him back. I just want to be reunited with Ty again.”

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A Delta Airlines flight bound for Guam made an emergency landing Sunday on Iwo Jima when the aircraft experienced a problem, the aviation safety office of Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau confirmed today.

Delta Flight 294 made an emergency landing on Iwo Jima at 1:58 p.m. Guam time, and another plane was sent to pick up its passengers to continue the flight to Guam several hours later, said Tetsuo Kobayashi, with the bureau’s Public Safety Department Aviation Safety Office.

The office stated as far as they know, there were no reports of injury or distressed passengers or crew.

The Pacific Daily News awaits a response from Delta.

The Delta plane that experienced the problem is still on Iwo Jima, the aviation office stated.

Japanese news outlets are reporting that the plane is a Boeing 757, and had 171 people on board including 163 passengers.

A Delta Airlines passenger says he was sitting in his seat, waiting to take off from LAX last week when an airline employee told him his six-year-old rescue dog had disappeared.

Frank Romano says the airline never found his rescue pitbull, Ty, who he had loaded into a kennel and handed over to Delta for a Tampa-bound flight. Romano told CBS the airline gave him several excuses for the screwup.

“She said your dog bit through the kennel. And we need you to just identify the dog. And then she changed her story that they couldn’t find my dog. And that the dog had been lost for an hour,” Romano said.

Although Romano and his family got off the flight and searched the airport for Ty—who was reportedly microchipped—they still have no clue what happened to him.

More than a dozen pets died at the hands of airlines in the last year, most after chewing through their kennels. It’s not clear, however, whether any of those animals actually disappeared.

But, LAist points out, Delta seems to have a particularly egregious track record when it comes to pets (and sometimes children):

In 2011, a New York man bought a puppy in Alabama, then arranged to have the puppy sent back to New York along with him. Delta temporarily misplaced the dog, then found it in Atlanta.In 2011, a German Shepherd headed from California to Germany to join its owner—a couple in the Army—got loose in Atlanta while under Delta’s care. That dog was later hit by a car and died. Another unsatisfied Delta customer reported that he and his girlfriend had adopted a stray dog in Mexico in 2010, spent money nursing him to health and then made plans to bring the dog back to their home in Canada with them. Delta allegedly also gave them the run-around as to where the dog was with a similar story about an escape, but couldn’t seem to produce the dog.

Delta also mixed up two children in 2010—a boy and a girl—sending one to Boston and the other to Cleveland when it was meant to be the other way around.

Delta reportedly offered Romano a $200 voucher—the cost of the dog’s ticket—as an apology.

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Delta loses passenger’s dog

You’ve heard of airlines losing luggage, but one man says an airline lost his dog on a flight from Los Angeles to Tampa last week.

“They sound like they lost a piece of baggage, that’s it. He’s family. He’s like my best friend,” said Frank Ramano, who paid $200 for his bull terrier Ty to stay in a crate during the flight. Ramano claims Delta told him that Ty chewed his way out of the crate and have yet to locate the dog at either airport.

“Delta continues to investigate what happened, but early indications show that procedures were followed, and the dog may have compromised the kennel on its own,” the company said in a statement.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Because of the snow in the forecast, Delta Airlines is prepping in advance.

The company is letting passengers with flights for Monday reschedule without a change fee. These are for flights through the Twin Cities and Rochester.

If your flight is canceled or significantly delayed, Delta will be issuing refunds.

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LOS ANGELES – Frank Romano was traveling with his dog from Los Angeles to Tampa, Florida in late October. Romano successfully arrived at his destination, but his dog didn’t and now he wants answers.

According to several reports, Romano was scheduled to fly Delta Airlines with his pit bull named Ty in a crate in cargo.

According to a local CBS station in Los Angeles , Romano was sitting on the plane before leaving for Tampa when a flight attendant told him they couldn’t find Ty.

“She said your dog bit through the kennel. And we need you to just identify the dog. And then she changed her story that they couldn’t find my dog. And that the dog had been lost for an hour,” Romano told the news station.

Unfortunately, he still hasn’t been reunited with his dog more than a week later. Romano is worried about how Delta changed its story throughout the incident.

Delta released a statement featured on several news outlets, including the Daily Mail which states: “Delta continues to investigate what happened but early indications show that procedures were followed, and the dog may have compromised the kennel on its own. Delta immediately worked with LAX airport teams and the customer to locate the dog but was unsuccessful. We remain in contact with this customer, and we are fully supporting the search for their pet. Delta understands that pets are important members of the family and regrets this occurred while this pet was entrusted to our care.”

Romano says he is hoping someone will find Ty and they can be reunited, according to a local NBC news station.

Unfortunately, airlines are no stranger to animal-related incidents. The United States Department of Transportation has a list of reports each month that show up to several animal reports each month in 2014.

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — When Frank Romano made arrangements to bring his dog along with him on a flight from Los Angeles to Tampa, Florida, he never imagined that an airline would lose the animal he describes as his best friend.

According to Romano, however, Delta Airlines misplaced the precious cargo when he boarded a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 31.

“I have no clue how they could just lose a pet like that,” he said.

While in Tampa, where he was attempting to determine his dog’s whereabouts, Romano expressed frustration with the airline.

“They sound like they lost a piece of baggage — that’s it,” he said, adding that the canine, named Ty, is “family. He’s like my best friend.”

Romano was homeless about a year ago when he rescued Ty, who was “like a big anxiety pill,” he said. “He would help me through the rough times.”

He purchased a $200 ticket for Ty and loaded him into a create. According to the airline, the dog chewed through the crate and escaped.

Romano says he does not believe the explanation.

“I don’t trust Delta,” he said.

He vowed to continue searching for his pet, who is microchipped.

“I just want him home safe. I want him back,” he said.

Information to follow.

Frank Romano says Delta Airlines lost his dog on a flight to Tampa. The airline says the dog escaped from it’s crate.

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