THE doctor who was filmed being dragged off an overbooked flight with blood pouring from his mouth has brought in lawyers to fight United Airlines.
The 69-year-old was forced to leave the flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, so staff from a partner airline could have his seat for a connecting flight.
A statement from his new attorney Stephen Golan read: “The family of Dr. Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received.
“Currently, they are focused only on Dr. Dao’s medical care and treatment.”
When Dr David Dao was asked by WLKY what his injuries were, he said “everything” and told the broadcaster he is not doing well.
Video of the incident provoked rage across the world and at one point $1billion was wiped off the company’s value.
Now, his lawyers have made an emergency request for the video to be preserved as evidence.
They are desperate for the airline not to delete the CCTV, cockpit recordings or passenger and crew lists for flight 3411 in a bid to help their anticipated multi-million lawsuit against United.
Earlier today an attorney for Dao’s family said he is in a Chicago hospital getting treated for his injuries.
“The family of Dr. Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received,” said Chicago attorney Stephen Golan.
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz says he felt “ashamed” watching video of the passenger being dragged off a United Express flight and has promised to review the airline’s passenger removal policy.
In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America aired today, Munoz apologized to Dr Dao of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, his family and the other passengers who witnessed him being forcibly removed from the plane.
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Munoz vowed this “will never happen again on a United flight” and that law enforcement won’t be involved in future.
Munoz called the embarrassment a “system failure,” saying United will review its policies for seeking volunteers to give up their seats when a flight is full.
United was trying to find seats for four employees of a partner airline, meaning four passengers had to deplane.
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