By flying business class fights, you’ll never have to deal with being dragged off a plane like one man was recently on a United Flight.
This excerpt from the Chicago Patch explains what happened:
The episode aboard United Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville has become a national embarrassment for the Chicago Department of Aviation and United Airlines. Millions of people now have seen videos of the screaming man as he was forcibly pulled from his seat by three officers, put to the ground and dragged down the aisle. The man, who said he was a doctor, was among four passengers randomly selected on the full flight to give up their seats for United Airlines employees who needed to be in Louisville by Monday, according to witnesses.
As the passenger was pulled down the aisle, one passenger exclaimed, “Can’t United rent a car for the (employees) to get to Louisville?” Another passenger pointed out, “You busted his lip” after Chicago airport police grabbed him. Several videos were posted to social media. In one, blood can be seen forming on the man’s lip and his eyeglasses are askew.
You can see some passenger cell phone videos here:
@United overbook #flight3411 and decided to force random passengers off the plane. Here’s how they did it: pic.twitter.com/QfefM8X2cW
— Jayse D. Anspach (@JayseDavid) April 10, 2017
@united @FoxNews @CNN not a good way to treat a Doctor trying to get to work because they overbooked pic.twitter.com/sj9oHk94Ik
— Tyler Bridges (@Tyler_Bridges) April 9, 2017
In a statement, Oscar Munoz, the chief executive of United Airlines, called the episode “an upsetting event.”
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