On July 26 a French bulldog puppy "Roger" was flying aboard the KL617 service from Amsterdam to Boston.
The lawyer of the family whose dog was being transported told TMZ that the animal was being shipped back to their home in the United States and had been unaccompanied.
However, when the grandmother went to pick up the nine-month-old puppy from Boston Logan airport she was given tragic news.
A necropsy performed on the family pet revealed that the dog had died of respiratory failure and heat failure.
Heat exhaustion and dehydration were found to have contributed to the dog's death, as it was stored in the cargo hold of the plane.
The report which was shared by the family's lawyer Evan Oshan, had deemed that "limited panting in a stressful, hot or humid environment, combined with a lack of water, would have placed Roger at high risk for heat stroke."