Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class

• Turkish Airlines flew earthquake rescue dogs home for free on special flights.
• More than 50,000 people died after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.
• The dogs were flown in from around the world to help locate victims trapped beneath the rubble.

Turkish Airlines said it had flown earthquake rescue dogs and their handlers back home for free on special flights.

The carrier didn't want the dogs to travel in the cargo hold after their hard work trying to locate victims of the devastating earthquakes last month, so put them in the passenger cabin. Some dogs even got to travel in business class.