Brazil Airlines Under Fire For Killing Golden Retriever They Put On The Wrong Flight And Left In The Sun

A heartbreaking video captured the moment a man mourned the death of his Golden Retriever while the pooch was lying inside a cage at an airport terminal after it went eight hours between flights without water.

João Fantazzini initially paid to have the five-year-old pet flown on a Gol Airlines flight from São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport in the southeastern city of São Paulo to Sinop Municipal Airport in Sinop, a municipality in the west-central state of Mato Grosso on Monday.

The airline, however, mistakenly placed Joca on a different flight - a total of three hours and a half - to Fortaleza International Airport in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará.

Joca was given some water while he waited to depart Fortaleza but spent close to 90 minutes on the runway.

The pooch then went three hours and half in the air before landing in São Paulo.

Fantazzini eventually returned to São Paulo after learning of the airline's error and was informed by a manager that the dog had fallen ill.

A video released by his family showed him stroking the furry pet while it lay behind the kennel's door.

Fantazzini claimed Joca was dead by the time a manager escorted him to a waiting area.

The dog's death was caused by a cardiac arrest, according to the death certificate.