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14th March 2018
04:13pm GMT
“We were gonna put him under the seat and then the flight attendants came, she said: ‘You have to put him up there because it’s going to block the path.’ “And we’re like, ‘It’s a dog, it’s a dog.’ And she’s like: ‘It doesn’t matter you still have to put it up there.' She helped her put it up, and she just closed it like it was a bag.”Speaking through tears, Sophia said that when the flight landed, she and her mother opened the bin to check on the dog. “My mom got up and got the bag, and she took him out, and she’s like: ‘Kokito, Kokito, wake up!’ and he didn’t," she said. "He was a member of our family. He was like a brother to me." https://twitter.com/MaggieGrem/status/973412179197259776 United Airlines has taken full responsibility for the dog's death. In a statement, they said:
"This was a tragic accident that should never have happened. "We assume full responsibility for this tragedy and express our deepest condolences to the family and are committed to supporting them. "We are thoroughly investigating what occurred to prevent this from ever happening again. Pets should never be placed in the overhead bin."
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