Delta loses passenger’s dog at world’s busiest airport

It’s a nightmare scenario for anyone with a pet: taking them on a trip with you, and losing them. Paula Rodriguez is currently living that nightmare, after her dog, Maia, was lost by airport staff who were bringing her to her Delta flight at Atlanta airport – the busiest in the world. Rodriguez was flying from her home in the Dominican Republic for a two-week vacation in California with her six-year-old dog, Maia, on August 18. Flying Delta Air Lines with Maia in the cabin with her, Rodriguez’s journey included a layover at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, before continuing to San Francisco. But on arrival at Atlanta at 6.55 p.m. Friday, Rodriguez says that border force staff informed her that she “didn’t meet the requirements” of her tourist visa – so they canceled it, telling her that she’d have to return to home on the next flight. When they realized that wasn’t until the next day, they said she’d have to spend the night in a detention center – but that her dog couldn’t come with her. Story has more.<br/>