Two security officers who were caught on video in April forcibly removing a passenger from a United Airlines flight in Chicago were fired after the incident that sparked widespread public outrage.
In a report, Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General found that three Chicago Department of Aviation security officers “improperly escalated the incident” and that a sergeant “made misleading statements and deliberately removed material facts from their reports” on the April 9 incident aboard United Express Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville, Ky., according to The Associated Press.
Several passengers used their mobile phones to film the incident. Those videos were widely shared on social media and turned into a major public relations debacle for the airline. Officers are seen grabbing the passenger — Dr. David Dao — who was selected apparently at random to be removed from the flight.
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