United CEO Apologizes For 'Truly Horrific' Passenger Incident

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By Jon Ostrower

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz apologized for the forcible removal of a paying passenger from one of its flights and called the episode "truly horrific."

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Munoz pledged a full review by April 30 "to fix what's broken so this never happens again."

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"I want you to know that we take full responsibility and we will work to make it right," Munoz said in a statement on Tuesday. "I promise you we will do better."

It was his third attempt to quell growing outrage after a passenger was removed, bloodied and screaming, from a flight that was to take off from Chicago for Louisville, Kentucky. United wanted to give seats to commuting crew members.

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In his first statement, Munoz apologized for "having to re-accommodate these customers." In his second statement, he described the
passenger as "disruptive and belligerent."