Md. Senator Pushing To Bar Airlines From Forcibly Removing Passengers
One Maryland senator is now pushing to bar airlines from forcibly removing passengers from overbooked flights.
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One Maryland senator is now pushing to bar airlines from forcibly removing passengers from overbooked flights.
A passenger dragged from a United Express flight suffered a "significant" concussion and broken nose, and he lost two front teeth, one of his lawyers said.
United Airlines sought to quell the uproar over a man being dragged off a plane by announcing on Tuesday that it would no longer ask police to remove passengers from full flights and would compensate customers who were on the flight when the man was removed.
Senator Chris Van Hollen is introducing legislation that would prohibit airlines from forcibly removing passengers after boarding.
"That is not who our family at United (Airlines) is," he said. "This will never happen again on a United flight. That's my promise."
After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United's parent company said the airline was reaching out to the man to "resolve this situation."
After a passenger is dragged off one of its planes, United Airlines finds itself in a storm of criticism.
Video shows three security officials dragging a passenger from a United Airlines flight at a Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
United Airlines says regular-paying flyers are welcome to wear leggings aboard its flights.
The government has opened an investigation into five major airlines following allegations involving price gouging during the deadly Amtrak derailment in May.
A United Airlines jet forced to return to Dulles International Airport after passengers jumped into action to deal with a disturbance on board.
Doctors in Texas are now treating a patient with the first diagnosed Ebola case in the United States. Now there's word that the patient may have flown through a local airport.
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An official says 78-year-old U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to slide down an emergency chute to evacuate a flight at Dulles International Airport.
Government and airline officials say a United Airlines plane with 144 people aboard returned to Washington-Dulles International Airport for an emergency landing escorted by two F-16 fighter jets after a fight broke out between passengers.
An air traffic controller admits he was sleeping as two planes tried to land at nearby Reagan National airport. The FAA is now looking to make sweeping changes.
A United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Baltimore made an unscheduled landing in Grand Junction, Colo., because a warning light wrongly indicated smoke in the cargo area.
