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Title: Airline Thugs drag passenger off of overbooked flight
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Tampa Bay Times
URL Source: http://www.placead.tampabay.com/new ... ked-united-flight-3411/2319768
Published: Apr 10, 2017
Author: Times staff
Post Date: 2017-04-10 12:09:32 by Willie Green
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Views: 3403
Comments: 25
Videos posted to Facebook and Twitter show a passenger on United Airlines Flight 3411 being dragged from the plane before takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Audra D. Bridges posted one video to Facebook at 7:30 p.m. Sunday that appears to show three officers speaking with the man seconds before grabbing him and pulling his from his seat. The man screams as he is dragged down the aisle of the plane that was scheduled to fly to Louisville, Ky. The Courier-Journal reported that a United spokesperson confirmed in an email Sunday night that a passenger had been taken off a flight in Chicago. "Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked," the spokesperson said. "After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate. "We apologize for the overbook situation. Further details on the removed customer should be directed to authorities." On Monday, another United spokesman, Charlie Hobart, said airline employees named four customers who had to leave the plane and that three of them did so. He said law enforcement was called when the fourth person refused to get off the plane. "We followed the right procedures," Hobart told the Associated Press in a phone interview. "That plane had to depart. We wanted to get our customers to their destinations, and when one gentleman refused to get off the aircraft, we had to call the Chicago Police Department." Poster Comment:
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
DON'T TRAVEL UNITED!
#13. To: nativist nationalist, jeremiad, Willie Green, Gatlin, Goldilucky, Fred Mertz, HomerBohn (#12)
Some newer coverage, including the bloody face of 69yo doctor: BGR: ‘Just kill me,’ United passenger says as he drools blood in new video One of the cops has been suspended, apparently for roughness. I'll try to embed the pic here at LF, otherwise visit the link. Ka-ching! A very profitable trip for the doctor.
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#12. To: HomerBohn (#1)
Replies to Comment # 12. A new video shows a moment that happened about ten minutes after the initial removal, according to witnesses. The passenger came running back onto the flight, went to the rear of the aircraft, and clutched a post, mumbling “just kill me” and “I want to go home” repeatedly. 
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