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Less than three years before a passenger was forcibly removed from one of its aircrafts, United Airlines assured federal regulators that all ticketed passengers are guaranteed seats on flights. The promise was delivered in federal filings reviewed by International Business Times. In September 2014 comments to federal officials, the Chicago-based airline outlined its opposition to

CHICAGO — United Continental Holdings’ shares dropped nearly 4 percent Tuesday morning as backlash continued over videos of security officers dragging a passenger from his seat Sunday to make way for airline employees. Passengers were already onboard the United Express flight from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Louisville, Ky., on Sunday evening when the airline

David Dao, a Kentucky physician who touched off a national debate over airline overbooking policies this week when he was dragged off a United Airlines flight, was still recovering in the hospital Tuesday after suffering injuries from the incident, according to a Kentucky television station that spoke to him. Dao told WLKY-TV that he was

The internet erupted Monday following a viral video in which a passenger was seen being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight. The man, screaming and bloodied, was dragged by his arms down the aisle of the plane by aviation security officers. To make matters worse, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz issued a statement

Though he publicly apologized for the situation today, United Airlines CEO took a different tone in an internal email circulated to United Airlines employees and acquired by CNBC. Munoz’s public apology, also reported earlier today by NBC News, read: Watch the video “This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United. I

CHICAGO — Videos of a United Airlines passenger being forcibly dragged from his seat on a Sunday overbooked flight at O’Hare International Airport have been viewed more than 1 million times, and the airline’s CEO on Monday called the incident “an upsetting event to all of us here at United.” “I apologize for having to