Another attack on a United Airlines flight, and this time it was a scorpion that got its revenge on a passenger. Richard Bell was on a flight from Houston to Calgary Sunday when a scorpion reportedly fell from an overhead bin and stung him. The…
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
United Passenger David Dao"s Lawyers and Daughter Hold News Conference About Lawsuit (LIVE STREAM)
United Airlines and the City of Chicago are likely to hear they are about to be sued as David Dao’s lawyers take the mic at 10 AM CT to announce their intentions. In addition to the lawyers, one of Dao’s daughters will also speak. Dao’s lawyer, Tom…
United Passenger David Dao"s Lawyers Speak as Lawsuit Looms
United passenger David Dao is pulling out the heavy artillery Thursday as his lawyers and daughter get in front of reporters, and there’s a likelihood they will announce a lawsuit against United and the city of Chicago. Dao’s daughter will speak to…
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
United Passenger David Dao Asks Judge to Preserve All Video of Incident
David Dao is making his first legal move against United … demanding the airline preserve all evidence related to his bloody incident. TMZ has learned the doctor’s lawyers filed documents in court demanding United preserve all surveillance…
United Airlines CEO Says Cops Will Never Remove a Booked Passenger Again (VIDEO)
United’s CEO, Oscar Munoz, is vowing cops will never board another one of his flights to remove a booked passenger again. Munoz also apologized again to Dr. David Dao, his family and all passengers who witnessed the now…
United Passenger Tells Cops to Drag Him Off Plane (VIDEO)
The United passenger who was bloodied and dragged off a jet by cops dared the officers to drag him off the plane and take him to jail. David Dao was confronted by officers at O’Hare Airport when he refused to get off the plane. You hear him say, “I…
United Passenger Tells Cops to Drag Him Off Plane (VIDEO)
The United passenger who was bloodied and dragged off a jet by cops dared the officers to drag him off the plane and take him to jail. David Dao was confronted by officers at O’Hare Airport when he refused to get off the plane. You hear him say, “I…
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Poker Pro Matt Stout Got Knocked Out of Tourney by United Airlines Passenger Dr. David Dao (VIDEO)
Matt Stout – a 12-year poker pro with over $ 1.4 million in WSOP earnings — got his butt kicked once by the passenger who was savagely yanked off the United Airlines flight. Stout tells TMZ he was in a poker tourney with Dr. David Dao in…
United Airlines Passenger Convicted of Drug Trafficking, Sex Crimes
The passenger who was dragged off a United Airlines flight against his will on Sunday night has been identified.
And he has quite the sordid history.
To be clear up front: This doesn’t make the heinous actions of United, or the tone deaf statements made by United’s CEO, any less heinous or tone deaf.
But this is still a newsworthy follow-up to the original story.
According to TMZ, the 69-year old doctor who refused to give up his seat on this now-infamous United flight is named David Dao.
In 2005, Dao was charged with 98 felony drug counts for illegally prescribing and trafficking painkillers.
Prosecutors claimed at the time that Dao fraudulently and illegally filled prescriptions for hydocodone, Oxycontin and Percocet.
Dao, who a decade later is best known for having his face bloodied (see images above and below) by members of the Chicago Police Department, was also convicted on six felony counts of obtaining drugs by fraud and deceit.
He was given five years probation for these crimes.
But this wasn’t all: Dao was also convicted for writing prescriptions and checks to a patient in exchange for sex.
Based on medical board documents obtained by TMZ, Dao denied paying for sex.
However, the physician indicated he did accept sexual favors from an associate in exchange for reducing a debt that associate owed him. (Editor’s Note: WTF, dude?!?)
In February of 2005, Dao gave up his Kentucky medical license.
TMZ has also dug deep and learned that Dao turned to the professional poker circuit during this time, when he was not permitted to actually work as a doctor.
He started playing at tournaments in July of 2006 and finished second in a 2009 tournament, walking away with more than $ 117,000 as a result.
Overall, Dao banked $ 234,664 in World Series of Poker events over the years.
In 2015, the Kentucky medical board lifted Dao’s suspension and allowed him to practice medicine with a few restrictions; as of last year, he may only practice internal medicine in an outpatient facility one day a week.
Which brings us back to Sunday and United flight 3411.
And this VERY disturbing video:
Dao was randomly selected by the airline after no passengers were willing to accept $ 800 in exchange to take a later flight (because the company overbooked this one and needed four employees to take the spots of passengers who had already paid for their seats).
But he refused to get up from his seat.
Witnesses (one of whom filmed the footage above) claim Dao told United employees that he had patients to attend to early Monday morning and simply could not afford to change his plans.
After attempting to verbally convince Dao to depart the plane, flight attendants contacted other authorities, who eventually dragged Dao away, injuring his face and causing him extreme distress in the process.
Video of this incident quickly went viral, with social media users outraged over Dao’s treatment.
In response, United CEO Oscar Munoz Tweeted his lame apology over the need to “re-accommodate” customers such as Dao.
“Our team is moving with the sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened,” Munoz added.
“We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve the situation.”
We have a feeling it will get resolved.
And the resulting check to Dao will dwarf this controversial doctor’s lifetime poker winnings.
Since the assault (really, what else can we call it?) occurred, United’s stock has fallen by 3.7%; that equates to approximately $ 830 million wiped off its market capitalization.
Many are calling for a boycott of the airline, especially residents of China, who believe Dao was chosen to be kicked off the plane due to his ethnic background.
Mark Cuban has echoed this sentiment and call to action, referring on Twitter to United’s handling of the situation as “appalling” and “sickening” and adding:
“Definitely time to boycott #unitedAIRLINES.”
Jimmy Kimmel also had a field day with the incident during his monologue last night.
“Imagine if this happened in any other industry,” Kimmel said. “Imagine if this happened at Applebee’s.”
It’s sort of true, right?
Imagine if you made a reservation at Applebee’s and were sitting down for your meal… but then the restaurant said you had to leave because it had booked more reservations that night than there were tables inside the establishment.
That’s the exact same thing that airlines do ALL THE TIME.
Kimmel went on to joke about Munoz’s ridiculous attempt at a mea culpa.
“It’s like when we re-accommodated El Chapo out of Mexico,” Kimmel quipped, before getting more serious.
“That is such sanitized, say nothing, take no responsibility, corporate B.S. speak. I don’t know how the guy who sent that tweet didn’t vomit when he typed it up.”
Seriously.
At least the celebrities featured in the slideshow below actually did some $ hit that earned them a one-way ticket off their airplane ride…
United Airlines Stock Takes Big Dip After Passenger Dragged Out (PHOTO)
United Airlines is taking a nosedive on Wall Street — and could lose more than $ 800 million today — on the heels of David Dao getting bloodied and dragged off a United flight. United’s shares were down as much as 4% Tuesday morning, which — if it…
United Passenger Was Resisting Standard Procedure for Overbooked Flight According to Airline
United Airlines staff was merely following “established procedures” when security was called to remove the passenger … according to United, which is finally explaining its side of what went down before the video. TMZ has learned United CEO, Oscar…
Monday, April 10, 2017
Officer Who Forcibly Removed United Airlines Passenger Placed on Administrative Leave
The officer who forcibly removed the United Airlines passenger Sunday night at O’Hare International has just been placed on leave pending an investigation. The Chicago Department of Aviation said Monday that “the incident on United flight 3411 was…
United CEO Issues Ridiculous Apology for Passenger Assault
With the entire free world slamming United Airlines for its treatment of a passenger who refused to give up his seat on Sunday night, the company’s CEO has come out, issued a statement…
… and made the situation even worse.
First, it’s worth revisiting the disturbing incident that has caused United to go negatively viral for the second time in just a few weeks:
Not long after United denied flight entry to a 10-year old girl in leggings, the airline overbooked a flight yesterday from Chicago to Louisville.
For some reason, it allowed all ticketed passengers to board, prior to offering $ 800 to anyone willing to change his or her plans and take a later flight.
After receiving no volunteers, United randomly chose four individuals… but one man still refused.
He said he was a doctor and he had patients scheduled for Monday morning and he simply could not reschedule these appointments.
But the airline wasn’t having it.
Employees actually contacted members of the Chicago Police Department, who arrived on the scene and violently dragged the man off board.
Because this is 2017, the incident was captured on camera and the footage uploaded to Facebook, where it has been viewed close to one million times.
United spokesman Charlie Hobart told People Magazine soon afterward that the flight was overbooked and officials asked for volunteers to give up their seats.
Which we’ve been over already, of course.
This is (somehow) standard operating procedure for an airline.
But instead of increasing the amount of money offered to passengers until they had four actual, willful volunteers, United bloodied and bruised a man who had paid for his seat as cops dragged him off a plane to which he had every legal right.
“When we didn’t get the number of volunteers we needed then we had to follow Department of Transportation procedures and ask that customers, four of them, exit the aircraft,” Hobart said, adding:
“One customer refused to do that after we had explained the situation and apologized and let that customer know what we were gonna do on his behalf to get that customer to where he needed to be.
“He still refused, at which point we had to involve the Chicago Police Department.”
United CEO Oscar Munoz has since issued a statement of his own via Twitter, one that makes the airline look even more insensitive.
“This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United,” Munoz wrote. “I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers. Our team is moving with the sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened.
“We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve the situation.”
You want to address and resolve the situation, Mr. Munoz? We don’t think talking will accomplish this goal.
Look for a lawsuit to be filed any day now and for the passenger to settle with United for a cool eight figures. At minimum.
In response to this unfortunate situation, a number of celebrities have jumped online to express their shock and consternation.
Among the most memorable Tweets so far:
Billy Eichner: Jet Blue’s new slogan – extra leg room and we won’t physically drag you down the aisle screaming in pain.
Joss Whedon: Getting on a United flight this morning. Excited to, I don’t know… stay on? For the comfort and safety of the other passengers, please remember we will be resorting to cannibalism BY GROUP NUMBER.
Chrissy Teigen: Cannot wait to use ‘i will re-accommodate your ass’ in my next fight.
United Airlines Bloodied Passenger Bolted Back Onto Plane (VIDEO)
The United Airlines passenger who was grabbed and dragged off a flight Sunday … somehow got back onto the jet — and seemed extremely disoriented and confused. The man, reportedly a doctor, ran down the aisle, yelling … “I have to go home! I…
United Airlines Calls Cops Who Yank and Bloody Passenger Off Overbooked Flight (VIDEO)
A passenger on a United Airlines flight was savagely yanked off by airport police Sunday night at O’Hare International because he refused to get off an overbooked flight. You see cops drag the man who screams in agony before getting pummeled with…
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Lyft Sued, Passenger Says Aggressive Driver Threatened Violence Over Fare
Lyft touting it’s serious about safety is a load of BS, because the company hires dangerous, threatening drivers … according to a new lawsuit. A New York man says he was visiting Miami with his girlfriend when they ordered a Lyft ride to the…
Thursday, March 9, 2017
NFL"s Aldon Smith Detained By Police ... Drunk Passenger In Cop Car Crash
More trouble for Aldon Smith … who was detained by police in San Francisco around 8 AM Thursday after a car he was riding in smashed into a cop car and the officer says Smith was drunk at the time. The troubled Oakland Raiders star was NOT…
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Danielle Bregoli FLIPS THE EFF OUT on Airline Passenger
Danielle Bregoli, best known as the "Cash Me Outside" girl due to a memorable appearance on the Dr. Phil show last year, has now gone viral for a reason outside of her very odd word usage.
Only 13 years old, Bregoli earned her 15 Minutes of Fame several months ago when she mouthed off at the talk show audience while appearing opposite the aforementioned hack of a psychologist.
Bregoli and her mother were guests on the program, featured in a segment about the former’s out-of-control attitude.
And it was on full display not long after she stepped on to the stage.
"All these hos laughin’ like there’s something funny,” Bregoli said at one point, gesturing to the crowd and later taunting them with the catchphrase that has made her Internet famous:
“Cash me outside, howbow dah?”
The odd word choice… the accent… pretty much everything about Danielle Bregoli caused her to become the subject of quite a few memes, along with plenty of social media commentary throughout Facebook and Twitter.
On Monday, meanwhile, Bregoli got into a VERY heated dispute with a fellow passenger on board a Spirit Airlines flight.
According to TMZ, Bregoli took issue with a woman who wasn"t happy with how long Bregoli"s mother was taking to put away her carry-on bag.
Words were exchanged and then a punch was thrown by Bregoli.
The alleged victim then made a "citizen"s arrest," TMZ writes, until the cops arrived and all three people involved in the confrontation were escorted off the plane.
No arrests were made. But a lawsuit may be forthcoming.
And Bregoli isn"t denying that an assault took place.
“She got her ass whupped by a 13-year-old,” Bregoli, who has close to 800,000 followers on Facebook and 3 million on Instagram, said in a video posted to both those platforms this afternoon.
Watch the violent video in question below:
"Cash Me Ousside" Girl Danielle Bregoli Punches Airline Passenger, Cops Called
The ‘Cash Me Ousside’ girl allegedly caught someone inside an airplane this evening with a shot to the face … and police ended up yanking her, her mother and another passenger off their plane … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us…
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Korean Air Sued By Passenger Over Coffee Spill (PHOTO GALLERY)
Korean Air flight attendants throw caution and coffee to the wind … so claims a passenger who is suing the airline for what he says are severe java burns. Charles Martel claims in a new lawsuit he was minding his own business on a 2015 flight when…
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