[SHOCKING VIDEOS] Asian Doctor Violently
Removed From United Flight After He Refused To Give Up His Seat And Chicago Police Claimed Sustained Injuries Were From A Fall!!
Twitter erupted after footages of an Asian man who was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky after failing to give up his seat for United employees on an overbooked flight went viral.
First things first, how can you overbook a flight when there is supposed to be a system to track each and every ticket sold?
Audra Bridges, a United passenger who posted a video of the ordeal on Facebook said that the airline offered $400 (RM1,774.60) and a hotel room and was looking for volunteers to take a flight the following day at 3 pm and later raised to $800 (RM3,549.20) when nobody wanted to give up their seat that they paid for with their own hard-earned money.
United told the passengers that the plane would not budge until four airline employees who were on stand-by had seats on the flight. When nobody spoke up, that is when a manager came aboard the plane and announced that a computer would randomly pick four passengers to be booted off.
According to Audra, one couple was chosen first and left the aircraft before the man in the video was confronted. He claimed to be a doctor who had appointments to see patients at a hospital the following morning.
When the man refused to give up his seat, three security officials were called in to deal with him, one officer reportedly threw him against the armrest before dragging him out of the plane. But Chicago Police Department submitted a disturbing statement, “At approximately 6:00 p.m., a 69-year-old male Asian airline passenger become irate after he was asked to disembark from a flight that was oversold. The passenger in question began yelling to voice his displeasure at which point Aviation Police was summoned. Aviation Officers arrived on scene attempted to carry the individual off of the flight when he fell. His head subsequently struck an armrest causing injuries to his face. The man was taken to Lutheran General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Ongoing investigation.”
The Chicago Police are claiming the man sustained his injuries because he “fell” and not because he was violently ripped out of his seat by security. Watch this video and let us know what you think about it.
Other passengers were asked to deboard so that the crew could “tidy up” before the flight, which was delayed for two hours after its scheduled departure.
Some passengers onboard who were recording the whole ordeal posted their videos on twitter, and the bloodied man somehow gets back on the plane.
Communications Manager for Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Jessica Jinn provided the following statement according to NextShark.
“We find the incident that occurred on the United Airlines flight leaving Chicago as unconscionable. It is excessive for an airline to use police force to remove a paying passenger against his will. We demand an investigation of what happened and a public explanation of how the passengers who were requested to deboard the flight were selected and treated.”
Even if United had to send their employees to Louisville, couldn’t they have arranged it on a different flight that is more empty? The journey only takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes at most. So why the whole scene?
First things first, how can you overbook a flight when there is supposed to be a system to track each and every ticket sold?
Audra Bridges, a United passenger who posted a video of the ordeal on Facebook said that the airline offered $400 (RM1,774.60) and a hotel room and was looking for volunteers to take a flight the following day at 3 pm and later raised to $800 (RM3,549.20) when nobody wanted to give up their seat that they paid for with their own hard-earned money.
United told the passengers that the plane would not budge until four airline employees who were on stand-by had seats on the flight. When nobody spoke up, that is when a manager came aboard the plane and announced that a computer would randomly pick four passengers to be booted off.
According to Audra, one couple was chosen first and left the aircraft before the man in the video was confronted. He claimed to be a doctor who had appointments to see patients at a hospital the following morning.
When the man refused to give up his seat, three security officials were called in to deal with him, one officer reportedly threw him against the armrest before dragging him out of the plane. But Chicago Police Department submitted a disturbing statement, “At approximately 6:00 p.m., a 69-year-old male Asian airline passenger become irate after he was asked to disembark from a flight that was oversold. The passenger in question began yelling to voice his displeasure at which point Aviation Police was summoned. Aviation Officers arrived on scene attempted to carry the individual off of the flight when he fell. His head subsequently struck an armrest causing injuries to his face. The man was taken to Lutheran General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Ongoing investigation.”
The Chicago Police are claiming the man sustained his injuries because he “fell” and not because he was violently ripped out of his seat by security. Watch this video and let us know what you think about it.
Other passengers were asked to deboard so that the crew could “tidy up” before the flight, which was delayed for two hours after its scheduled departure.
Some passengers onboard who were recording the whole ordeal posted their videos on twitter, and the bloodied man somehow gets back on the plane.
“We find the incident that occurred on the United Airlines flight leaving Chicago as unconscionable. It is excessive for an airline to use police force to remove a paying passenger against his will. We demand an investigation of what happened and a public explanation of how the passengers who were requested to deboard the flight were selected and treated.”
Even if United had to send their employees to Louisville, couldn’t they have arranged it on a different flight that is more empty? The journey only takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes at most. So why the whole scene?
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