Lawyers for David Dao, a Louisville area physician, on Wednesday asked a judge to order United and a Chicago aviation company to preserve their documentation of the incident, which occurred Sunday on a flight from IL to Kentucky.
"All customers on Flight 3411 from Sunday, April 9, are receiving compensation for the cost of their tickets", the airline said in a statement.
The passenger in question had already boarded the aircraft and was apparently one of four passengers that were randomly selected to be bumped. The passenger appears to be talking on his cell phone at the same time and telling someone that he will "make a lawsuit against United Airlines".
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz apologized for the forcible removal of a paying passenger from one of its flights on April 9th, 2017 and called the episode "truly horrific".
"No one should ever be mistreated this way", Munoz said. The airline offered $800 for passengers to give up their seats, but none of them took the offer. According to United's Airlines policies, all flights are subject to overbooking.
Attorneys for the passenger, David Dao, filed court papers earlier today asking the airline and the city of Chicago to preserve evidence in the case.
Dao's attorneys at the law firm Corboy & Demetrio said they would hold a news conference on Thursday to discuss the petition.
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"That's when they told me they needed the seat for somebody more important who came at the last minute", Fearns said.
Two additional aviation officers involved in the decision to drag a passenger off a United Airlines plane over the weekend have been placed on administrative leave.
As outrage brewed on social media Monday, Munoz initially put out a statement apologizing for "having to re-accommodate these customers". "You saw us at a bad moment, and this will never happen again on a United Airlines flight". The department announced Wednesday that two more officers have been placed on leave.
"Aviation Security Officers (ASOs) are part of the public safety teams at both O'Hare and Midway, and complement and assist the Chicago Police Department (CPD), Chicago Fire Department (CFD) and federal law enforcement".
Dao told WLKY, a local Kentucky station, on Tuesday that he was still being treated at a Chicago hospital for injuries he suffered.
Over the weekend, United wanted four employees to get on a full flight from Chicago to Louisville so that they could work on a later flight.
"I was not concerned for my safety, nor that of my toddler's or for my pregnancy until the police were called aboard our plane to remove him", Cummings wrote.
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