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Old 14-04-2017, 14:25   #124
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking

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Originally Posted by Julian View Post
If that's the case then any compensation claim is doomed to fail.

Let's see.
3 others left without incident in this case, including his wife. The ONLY people who get injured or even killed, in these sorts cases are where the people themselves are being aggressively obstructive or violent.

People are removed from flights, all the time.
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United Airlines is the sixth most likely major airline to kick involuntary passengers off planes, a March report shows
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One out of every 10,000 Southwest passengers were denied boarding involuntary in 2016, according to the government funded report.
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However, the airline had 88,628 passengers voluntary turn down hopping on a flight because it was overbooked and made 14,979 customers sit out a flight against their will last year.


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