Very Disappointed

I am moving from the US to Germany and needed a crate that fits airline regulations and will allow my 70Lbs GSD mix to travel safely and securely. He had a plastic crate with a metal wire door for 1.5 years that he would use and I never had any issues with him trying to escape it. Unfortunately it did not meet airline requirements so I needed a new crate. I bought this one. It looked nice and sturdy in pictures and on first assembly. He does not get crated too often so he was left in the crate while running errands to try and get him used to the crate since it will be a long flight. The first time using the new crate he broke out of it. I was not home at the time of this happening, but based on the condition of the sides of the crate opening and the door I do not believe that it took a lot of effort/ force for him to escape. I did not buy this crate with the expectation that it would keep in a dog hell bent on getting out, but to me it does not look like that is what happened. I included pictures of the door, the lock, and the crate post escape.

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