<p>Banda Aceh. A Sumatran tiger died during a flight from Medan to Aceh on Tuesday, after an airline refused to fly the critically endangered cat and several other animals to their East Java destination.</p><p>The 7-year-old male tiger, along with a siamang (tailless gibbon) and two binturongs (Asian bearcats), left Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport in Aceh Besar on Tuesday and were supposed to be flown to a theme park in Kota Batu, East Java.</p><p>However, upon stopping over in Medan, the airline sent the animals back to Aceh, citing complaints from passengers.</p><p>"We were planning to fly the tiger, named Tuan Agam, to Jawa Timur Park II, on board a commercial cargo plane. But upon landing in Medan, the animals were sent back to Aceh because the passengers complained about their unpleasant odors," Affan Absori, an official with the Aceh office of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), said in Banda Aceh on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/nvironment/sumatran-tiger-dies-on-board-flight-to-east-java-park/547968">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.latinospost.com/articles/5007/20121004/rare-sumatran-tiger-dies-during-indonesian-flight.htm">Rare Sumatran Tiger Dies During Indonesian Flight Switch (+VIDEO)</a> (Latinos Post)</p><p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/10/04/sumatran-tiger-dies-during-aircraft-transport-jakarta.html">Sumatran tiger dies during aircraft transport to Jakarta</a> (Jakarta Post)</p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2012-10-rare-tiger-dies-indonesia-flight.html">Rare tiger dies after Indonesia flight switch</a> (Phys.Org)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dN7LHSa5JuNXm5Mhe5Dr1ak-_RrkM&ned=us">155 additional articles.</a></p>