United Slammed as ‘Disgusting’ After Man Is Forcibly Dragged Off a Flight (Videos)

“If u purchase a @united airline ticket, u are automatically entered into their raffle to become a victim of police brutality,” one observer tweets

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Social media is ablaze after videos showing a man being forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight went viral early Sunday night.

A video posted by Audra D. Bridges shows three men wearing security jackets speaking with a man seated on the plane. After a few seconds, the men grab the passenger who begins to scream before being dragged by his arms toward the front of the plane. Other passengers are visibly shaken from the event.

A United spokesperson told TheWrap in an email Monday morning that the passenger had been taken off the flight because it was overbooked and one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily.

“Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked. 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 statement read. “We apologize for the overbook situation. Further details on the removed customer should be directed to authorities.”

Bridges captioned the video, “We are on this flight. United airlines overbooked the flight. They randomly selected people to kick off so their standby crew could have a seat. This man is a doctor and has to be at the hospital in the morning. He did not want to get off. We are all shaky and so disgusted.”

She told the Courier Journal that the flight was overbooked and United was offering people $400 and a hotel stay but people were allowed to board the flight. Once it was filled, people were told that four people needed to give up their seats to United employees that needed to be in Louisville on Monday. The offer was increased to $800 buy no one budged.

The manager then allegedly came onto the plane and said a computer would randomly select four people to be taken off this flight. One couple was selected before the man in the video was confronted.

According to Bridges, the man was able to get back on the plane after the incident, but his face was bloody and he seemed disoriented.

Another witness supported these accounts.

“I hope the man dragged off a @united plane sues them out of existence. That airline has been a disaster for years, but THIS is unacceptable.” tweeted one user.

“If u purchase a @united airline ticket, u are automatically entered into their raffle to become a victim of police brutality,” tweeted another.

Even Kumail Nanjiani and “Beauty and the Beast” actor Josh Gad weighed in, the latter tweeting, “Having flown last week, I feel very blessed to not be tweeting this message from a hospital bed.”

The incident comes two weeks after United Airlines prevented two 10-year-old girls from boarding a flight because they were wearing leggings.

See the videos of the incident and read reactions tweets below.

https://www.facebook.com/audra.dickerson/videos/10104378182069960/

 

https://twitter.com/Mojoman4Real/status/851444223433945088

https://twitter.com/Kat_McK/status/851443942092681216

https://twitter.com/Jami_USA/status/851453496574394369

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/851448695753121792

https://twitter.com/aishacs/status/851440105755746304

https://twitter.com/jhoffman/status/851445519205486592

https://twitter.com/invisibleman_17/status/851435218523365379

https://twitter.com/urbandoll/status/851432648593387521

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