United Airlines under fire for dragging passenger from flight: 5 questions about the incident


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Apr 2017

SINGAPORE: United Airlines was caught in a social media firestorm after a passenger on one of its overbooked flights was filmed being dragged from the plane.

The airline needed to fly four of its staff members to a connection and decided to bump off four passengers from Flight 3411, from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, to make space for the staff.

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