Also Wednesday, a Chicago alderman said representatives from United and the city's Aviation Department have been summoned before a city council committee to answer questions about the confrontation at O'Hare Airport.
United Airlines' CEO finally apologized late on Tuesday for an incident in which a passenger was violently removed from an overbooked flight.
The doctor who was dragged off a United Airlines plane and left bloodied by officers is threatening to sue the company for millions.
The video shows a police officer telling the passenger, who has been identified as 69-year-old David Dao, that he would drag him off the plane if he didn't give up his seat. The Louisville, Kentucky-bound flight attracted global attention earlier this week when crew members called law enforcement to remove a ticketed passenger from the aircraft to make room for United employees.
Every passenger aboard United Airlines' Flight 3411 bound for Louisville, Kentucky, will get a refund following the mayhem of a doctor getting dragged off the plane.
He added later, "We are not going to put a law enforcement official onto a plane to take them off ... to remove a booked, paid, seated passenger; we can't do that".
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Phyllis Brown told CNN is cutting up his United MileagePlus Card after Delta booted a man off an overbooked flight. In an initial statement that drew a torrent of criticism, Munoz concentrated on this aspect of the incident and not on the violence inflicted upon Dao. A Dept. of Aviation officer was placed on leave after videos of Dao's removal sparked a social media backlash against United.
Munoz apologized on Tuesday, calling the episode "truly horrific", and pledged a full review by April 30. This can never, will never happen again on a United Airlines flight.
Dao had to be hospitalized. He said Dao was not in the wrong.
United CEO Oscar Munoz says he has no plans to resign. The airline had offered vouchers worth up to $800 for passengers to give up their seats, but no one took the offer. He then screams as three Chicago Aviation officers begin pulling him from his seat.
When no one volunteered, the airline generated a list of four names to be removed from the flight and be re-accommodated, according to the airline's contract of carriage. Some airlines oversell flights to compensate for passengers who do not turn up on the day.
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