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Wed Apr 12, 2017 | 6:20 PM EDT
United passenger launches legal action over forceful removal
4h ago | 01:23
United won't use police to remove passangers - CEO
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By Alana Wise | NEW YORK
Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago
filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday to
require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related
to the incident.
Citing the risk of "serious prejudice" to their client, Dr. David
Dao, the lawyers want United and the City of Chicago, which runs O'Hare
International Airport, to preserve surveillance videos, cockpit voice
recordings, passenger and crew lists, and other materials related to United
Flight 3411. Chicago's Aviation Department said on Wednesday that two
more officers had been placed on leave in connection with the April 9
incident, during which airport security officers dragged Dao from his seat
aboard a United jet headed for Louisville, Kentucky. One officer was placed
on leave on Tuesday.
Paul Callan, a civil and criminal trial lawyer in New York, said the public
outcry over Dao's treatment would likely push the airline to a quick and
generous settlement.
"Because United has such a catastrophic PR problem, this case has a much
greater value than such a case would normally have," he said.
United Chief Executive Oscar Munoz on Wednesday apologized to Dao, his
family and United customers in an ABC News interview, saying the company
would no longer use law enforcement officers to remove passengers from
overbooked flights.
"This can never, will never happen again," he said.
Munoz is under pressure to contain a torrent of bad publicity and calls for
boycotts against United unleashed by videos that captured Dao's rough
treatment by airline and airport security staff.
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Dao was removed to make room for additional crew members, United said.
Footage from the incident shows Dao, bloodied and disheveled, returning to
the cabin and repeating: "Just kill me. Kill me," and "I have to
go home."
As of Tuesday, Dao was still in a Chicago hospital recovering from his
injuries, his lawyer said.
On Wednesday, United said it would compensate all passengers on board the
flight the cost of their tickets.
A United Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at O'Hare International
Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil
Krzaczynski
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A United Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at O'Hare International
Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017.
REUTERS/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI
Community member protests the treatment of Dr. David Dao, who was forcibly
removed from a United Airlines flight on Sunday by the Chicago Aviation
Police, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.,
April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
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Community member protests the treatment of Dr. David Dao, who was forcibly
removed from a United Airlines flight on Sunday by the Chicago Aviation ...
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A video screengrab shows passenger David Dao being dragged off a United
Airlines flight at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in this video
filmed by @JayseDavid April 9, 2017. Jayse D. Anspach via REUTERS
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A video screengrab shows passenger David Dao being dragged off a United
Airlines flight at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in this video
filmed...
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FILE PHOTO -- Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines Oscar Munoz
introduces a new international business class dubbed United Polaris in New
York, U.S. June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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FILE PHOTO -- Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines Oscar Munoz
introduces a new international business class dubbed United Polaris in New
York, U.S. June 2, 2016.
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A United Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at O'Hare International
Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil
Krzaczynski
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A United Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at O'Hare International
Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 11, 2017.
REUTERS/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI
Community member protests the treatment of Dr. David Dao, who was forcibly
removed from a United Airlines flight on Sunday by the Chicago Aviation
Police, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.,
April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
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Community member protests the treatment of Dr. David Dao, who was forcibly
removed from a United Airlines flight on Sunday by the Chicago Aviation ...
REUTERS/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI +
Munoz said United would be examining the way it compensates customers who
volunteer to give up seats on overbooked planes, adding that it would likely
not demand that seated passengers surrender their places.
Some U.S. lawmakers called for new rules that could make it more difficult
for airlines to overbook flights as a tool for increasing revenue.
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "horrible" that Dao was
dragged off the flight, according to an interview from the Wall Street
Journal. Rather than calling for an end to the practice of overselling,
Trump said that instead, there should be no upper limit to incentives
carriers can offer passengers in exchange for their seats on overbooked
flights.
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Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate committee that oversees
transportation have questioned United's actions.
But Delta Air Lines Inc CEO Ed Bastian on Wednesday defended overbooking as
"a valid business practice" that does not require additional
oversight by the government.
"It's not a question, in my opinion, as to whether you overbook,"
; Bastian said on a call with analysts. "It's how you manage an
overbook situation."
The backlash from the incident resonated around the world, with social media
users in the United States, China and Vietnam calling for boycotts of the
No. 3 U.S. carrier by passenger traffic and an end to the practice of
overbooking flights. [L8N1HK0L9]
Shares of United Continental closed 1.1 percent lower at $69.93. They fell
as much as 4.4 percent on Tuesday.
Two online petitions calling for Munoz to step down as CEO had more than 124
,000 signatures combined by Wednesday afternoon. Munoz told ABC he had no
plans to resign over the incident.
(Reporting by Alana Wise in New York; Additional reporting by David
Shepardson in Washington, and Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Lisa
Von Ahn and Richard Chang)
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