An extremely disturbing video shows a man being violently dragged off a United Airlines plane out of Chicago Sunday after the company overbooked the flight.Video posted to social media shows the man screaming as security personnel pry him out of his chair, causing his head to bash against an armrest. Hes then dragged down the aisle on his back as horrified witnesses film on their phones and scream out in disgust.@united @FoxNews @CNN not a good way to treat a Doctor trying to get to work because they overbooked pic.twitter.com/sj9oHk94Ik Tyler Bridges (@Tyler_Bridges) April 9, 2017 My God, what are you doing' No, this is wrong! one woman cries as she watches the man being dragged past her feet. Oh my God look at what you did to him! Oh my God!Someone else describes the man as having busted his lip.Audra D. Bridges, who posted a video of the encounter to Facebook, told The Courier-Journal that airline staff were looking for one volunteer to give up a seat before the flight boarded, and they offered passengers $400 and a hotel stay.After the flight boarded, staff announced that they needed four people to volunteer to give up seats so that United employees who needed to be in Louisville Monday could take them. The amount was increased to $800, she said, and passengers were told the plane wouldnt leave until four people volunteered.When nobody offered, staff announced a computer would select four people. One couple cooperated and left. The third passenger selected was the man in the video.@United overbook #flight3411 and decided to force random passengers off the plane. Here's how they did it: pic.twitter.com/QfefM8X2cW Jayse D. Anspach (@JayseDavid) April 10, 2017 One Twitter user who also posted video of the dramatic ordealsaid the airline sought four volunteers for personnel that needed to be at work the next day.In the videos, an upset woman is heard suggesting that the pilots rent a car and drive to Louisville instead.In a statement, the airline apologized for the overbook situation.After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate, the airline said in a statement. We apologize for the overbook situation. Further details on the removed customer should be directed to authorities.United did not immediately respond to a question of whether its typical airline policy to call law enforcement when a customer refuses to voluntarily give up his or her seat.After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate.United Airlines Bridges said on Facebook that the booted passenger didnt want to get off because he is a doctor who had to be at a hospital in the morning.He did not want to get off. We are all shaky and so disgusted, she wrote.Another video posted to Twitter by@Tyler_Bridgesappears to show the man back on the plane after he was removed. The man can be heard saying, I have to go home.According to The Courier-Journal, some passengers asked to get off the plane after a medical crew entered the aircraft to help the upset man, she said.In response to the videos, some are vowing to never do business with the airline again. The incident also comes just two weeks after the company found itself in hot water for refusing to allow three girls to board a flightbecause they were wearing leggings.Hey @united I'm thinking your overbooked issue is gonna fade away. You may have under-booking issues tho. Never flying #UnitedAirlines ever Silver (@SilverPedalist) April 10, 2017 I would not want to be @united Airlines right now. Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) April 10, 2017 An astonishingly nasty move for @united ' "We screwed up and overbooked flight, so oh hey there's a guy, let's beat him and drag him off." Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) April 10, 2017 .@united Do not fly @United. They are Spirit with higher prices and less shame. Kimberly N. Foster (@KimberlyNFoster) April 10, 2017 This is horrifying. It seems the world should rework its "treating people as humans" algorithm. And @united needs to redefine "voluntarily." https://t.co/5gIJpeATp0 Amanda Morin (@AmandaMorin) April 10, 2017 @Tyler_Bridges @united @FoxNews @CNN "Welcome aboard of United Airlines. Unless we screw up with overbooking, then we'll just drag you out like an animal." #DontFlyUnited Emil K (@EmilKirakosyan) April 10, 2017 type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58d9399ee4b03692bea805ac,58d8cf9fe4b03692bea7228b,58d7fa08e4b03787d3597ad9,58a1ad1ae4b0ab2d2b170482,56b21aaae4b04f9b57d7f923 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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