United Airlines: A video of police officers dragging a passenger from his seat went viral.
UNITED AIRLINES – A video showing some men dragging a passenger from his seat in a plane hooked the attention of the online community.
Recently, a video of a man being dragged by the officers went rounds of sharing on the social media. Based on a recent news report in Manila Bulletin, the passenger who refused to give up his seat claimed that he’s a doctor who has to see his patients.
The unexpected incident inside a plane happened as Flight 3411 waited to leave Chicago O’Hare Airport. It is bound for Louisville, Kentucky.
According to the report, the airline was in the pursuit of making some seats available for four employees of Republic Airline, a partner airline of United.
Lots of passengers on that flight reacted on the action of the authorities towards the man. One passenger, Audra D. Bridges, took to the social media a video of the incident.
According to Audra’s husband, Tyler Bridges, the passengers who are willing to give their seats were offered $400, a hotel stay, and $800 vouchers. However, none gave up his or her seat.
Based on the report, Bridges expressed that a manager of the United Airlines then arrived and told the passengers that they would pick randomly. He added that they felt like they “were being taken hostage” and that there is nothing for them to do.
The spokesperson of United Airlines, Charlie Hobart, said that the fourth person who was named to leave the plane did not give his seat. The police officers were then called. The other three passengers who were named gave up their seats.
Speaking to the Associated Press in an interview, the United manager said that the procedures done were “right”. The CEO of the parent company of the United Airlines, Oscar Munoz, tagged the incident as “upsetting”.
Based on the report, he expressed that to resolve the situation, the airline is already communicating with the passenger. Speaking to the manager, the unidentified passenger claimed that he was a doctor according to Bridges.
The passenger added that he needs to check on his patients the following day.
According to Hobart, the employees are workers of Republic Airline which was hired by the United Airlines for the operation of the United Express flights. He added that the employees have to be in Kentucky or lack of employees may result to the cancellation of some of their flights.
The video regarding the incident has circulated online. Business Insider has posted the video on YouTube. Based on the video, the United Airlines has already issued an apology for the “overbook situation”.
