John Travolta's Dogs Killed in Airport Accident

By Zach Dionne Posted May 17th 2010 05:55PM

An airport service vehicle struck and killed two dogs belonging to John Travolta last week at Bangor International Airport in Maine. The accident occurred last Thursday morning; city officials confirmed the story to the Bangor Daily News today.

"The airport takes safety very seriously," airport director Rebecca Hupp told the BDN, adding the facility generally does not name its visitors for the sake of privacy. "Many flights come and go without incidents. Clearly, this is an unfortunate accident. Our deepest sympathies are with the family."

Travolta and wife Kelly Preston own a home on Isleboro, Maine -- the family was traveling by way of Bangor. The actor's publicist, Paul Bloch, told the BDN that he was not aware of the incident.

Bangor interim city manager Bob Farrar e-mailed the nine city councilors about the accident late last week. The city released the following statement to the BDN:

"At approximately 1 a.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2010, an airplane carrying members of the John Travolta family landed at BIA. While there, two small dogs were taken for a walk by someone who is not a family member. An airport service pickup truck was approaching the airplane to service the airplane and did not see the dogs. Unfortunately, the dogs were struck and killed. The airport is investigating the accident. Out of respect for the family's privacy the city will make no further comment."

Travolta, who starred in 'Old Dogs' in 2009 and voiced a computer-animated canine in 2008's 'Bolt,' is a serious pilot who often flies himself into Bangor's modest airport. The Bangor Daily News was unsure whether Travolta was flying the plane on the day of the incident.

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Monday 17 May

By Robyn Cloke

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You are absolutely correct!!!

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Michael is correct. My heart goes out to Travoltas family.

By Sammy Pough

my prayers goes out the Travolta family =..(

By JP

I truly feel for this man and his family. Maybe now it is time for them to start praying to God instead of aliens.

By NIMA12

WELL MY GOODNESS IF THIS MAN DIDN'T HAVE BAD LUCK HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK AT ALL. NO PUN INTENDED.

By sylviam

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boy what a big event. do people really care about travolta or his pets? only if you are a part of his religious cult. crisis in europe, in the gulf of mexico, in the white house, and people waste their time on this drabble.

By Mandy

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@sylviam
Losing a pet is like losing a child, a brother or any other family member. If you don't understand that, shut your mouth. Just because I feel bad for John because he lost a loved one, that doesn't mean I don't care about disasters in other parts of the world. Get over yourself. People like you make me sick.

By deb

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If you are so concerned about all the ills in the world, then why did you waste your time reading the article and all of the posts? Just asking!

By DEBBIE

I cannot begin to explain how horrible I would make so many people's lives for killing my pets.
Accident or not....you pay frekin attention to what the hell your doing in life.

how sad. they lose their son now the pets...

Pay Attention!

By lauren

After what they already endured with the loss of their son now their Family pets, how sad..

By Tre'

Oh my God this poor family!! Haven't they been through enough? And they are nice people.

Tuesday 18 May

By igliguhh

the dude was referring to the family as non christian folks. you know.... the scientology thing which is a bunch of crap anyway

By mintrubble71

You said it Gadfly. You reap what you sow, and I don't mean that in a Biblical sense. Karma is REAL and it will have its way with us all.

By John Garbo

Hey Michael and Keith:
Yes there are accidents.....Like the day you two were born!!!!! You sick Bozo's

By cats

Does not sound like these dogs were on a leash, if not, it was the owners and walkers fault, not the truck driver.

By BARBRA

I HAVE 2 YOEKSHIRE TERRIERS AND NEVER LET THEM OUT OF MY SIGHT. I
DON'T TRUST ANYBODY TO WALK THEM, FEED THEM, OR LOOK AFTER THEM.
HUMANS CAN BE FORGETFUL, ABSENT MINDED, AND DISTRACTED.

AS FAR AS THE TRAVOLTA'S, THEY WERE PROBABLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LOUIS VUITTON LUGGAGE GETTING LOST, THAN THEY WERE ABOUT THOSE 2 BELOVED PETZ!

Wednesday 19 May

By jacquie

barbara what kind of an uncaring person are you you must care about material things than peoples feelings

By sue

How many more tragedies can this poor man take?

By Brian

Yeah that's right, there are no accidents, especially when you're a Scientologist. #1, people want you targeted because you are one and #2, when you speak out against Scientology they will target you too. Quite a bit of misfortune lately for the Travolta's. Hope things level out soon.

By tilakmadawela@aol.com

it midgt sound heartless.But you
seem to have a valid point there

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