{"id":16365,"date":"2017-04-14T19:51:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T02:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16365"},"modified":"2017-04-14T19:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T02:51:30","slug":"flying-united-get-some-body-armor-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/flying-united-get-some-body-armor-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying United? Get Some Body Armor First"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demonstrators protest outside the United Airlines terminal at O’Hare International Airport on April 11, in Chicago. United Airlines has been struggling to restore their corporate image after a cell phone video was released showing a passenger being brutally dragged from his seat and bloodied by airport police after he refused to leave a reportedly overbooked flight. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@Siliconeer #Siliconeer #US #Travel #Aviation #UnitedAirlines #DavidDao #UnfriendlySkiesChi #Chicago #OHareInternationalAirport \u2013 A 69-year-old Vietnamese-American who was forcibly removed from a flight of United Airlines in Chicago will \u201cprobably\u201d file a lawsuit for \u201cunreasonable force and violence\u201d that led to a \u2018significant\u2019 concussion, broken nose and loss of two front teeth, his lawyer said, April 13.<\/p>\n

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David Dao, the doctor who was videotaped being dragged by police officers, has filed an emergency court request for the airline to preserve evidence, signalling that he would fight back the case in court.<\/p>\n

At a news conference in Chicago, Dao\u2019s attorney Thomas Demetrio said \u201cunreasonable force and violence\u201d was used to remove Dao from the plane before it left O\u2019Hare International Airport.<\/p>\n

Demetrio said Dao suffered \u2018significant\u2019 concussion, broken nose and lost two front teeth because of violence against him. The victim may also undergo surgery later.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe airlines need to start expecting the unexpected, but not at the expense, certainly not at the physical expense, of its paying passengers,\u201d he said, adding the lawsuit could focus on how passengers can be treated on flights.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Dao filed the emergency \u201cbill of discovery\u201d against the Chicago-based carrier in Illinois State Court demanding that evidence documenting Sunday\u2019s \u201cre- accommodation\u201d aboard a Kentucky-bound plane be \u201cpreserved and protected,\u201d CNBC reported.<\/p>\n

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Crystal Dao Pepper (r), daughter of Dr. David Dao, pauses as she speaks about her father as she sits with her attorney Stephen Golan during a news conference on April 13, in Chicago. Dr. Dao was forcibly dragged from his assigned seat on United Airlines airplane at O’Hare International Airport, April 9 when he refused to give his seat to waiting United crew. (Joshua Lott\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That includes all surveillance videos, cockpit voice recordings, passenger and crew lists, incident reports and other items.<\/p>\n

As the flight waited to depart from Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare Airport to Louisville, Kentucky, officers grabbed the doctor from a window seat, pulling him across the armrest and dragging him down the aisle by his arms. He was later shown with blood on his face.<\/p>\n

Dao \u201ccurrently has no access to them and believes that serious prejudice\u201d will befall his case if the items are not safeguarded, the court papers stated.<\/p>\n

United Airlines chief executive officer Oscar Munoz has said on Twitter that the incident was \u201cupsetting.\u201d He said they had to \u201cre-accommodate\u201d Dao.<\/p>\n

Three of the officers involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump has said what happened to Dao was \u201chorrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an Oval Office interview with The Wall Street Journal<\/i>, Trump suggested that this kind of incident could be avoided in the future if carriers remove the upper limits on vouchers they offer passengers in return for giving up their seats, the report said.<\/p>\n

Before they began picking names, United offered passengers $400 and a hotel room to give up their seats, the Louisville Courier-Journal<\/i> reported. When no one volunteered, the offer was increased to $800.<\/p>\n

The idea was to \u201cgive up your seat\u201d not get evicted! @UnitedAirlines needs to learn the basics of airline hospitality, as clearly, they have misunderstood \u201chospitality\u201d to be \u201chospital-bound-ability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demonstrators protest outside the United Airlines terminal at O’Hare International Airport on April 11, in Chicago. United Airlines has been struggling to restore their corporate image after a cell phone video was released showing a passenger being brutally dragged from his seat and bloodied by airport police after he refused to leave a reportedly overbooked…<\/p>\n

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