died from a suspected renal condition. pita called the tank the smallest, bleakest orca tank in the world. the see kwar yum did not respond to nbc s request for comment we are feeling a lot of pain and sorrow for lolita now. reporter: the ones that pressed for her release that she never lived to see, heartbroken. marissa, what do we know about the other animals held at the seaquariun with lolita reporter: so the original plan was to have dolphins join lolita to their new home in the sanctuary. obviously with her passing, activists are pushing for the plan to stay the same for the dolphins we haven t heard back yet from the seaquarium on what the new plans will be. jose. marissa parra in miami, thank you. we are back in a moment with a shocking moment of an airline pilot striking a parking gate with an ax why he says he did it.
we re all absolutely devastated that she was so close to finally having some semblance of a natural life. reporter: the 57-year-old orca had spent all but four years of her life right here she was the miami seaquarium star for decades, her presence sparked joy. fabulous. to say the at least, it was fabulous. reporter: and fury. free lolita reporteter: she s beeeen n lg there sincnce 1970 before she was lolita she was known as tokitae, prior to to her capture at 4 years old earlier this year, activists were delighted seaquarium agreed she would be released in two years to a netted sanctuary in her native waters just this week an update with delivered hope toki being retired is a short amount of time now she is better than ever right now and is way more active than she has been in the past reporter: days later a new update delivered heartbreak. the seaquarium saying after serious signs of discomfort and despite receiving the best possible medical care, lolita
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Lolita, an orca at Miami Seaquarium, is set to make her return to the wild. Aquarium leaders are planning to transport her by plane back to the Washington area.