Video Posted Online Confirms He Was Forcibly Removed From Airplane

A passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago Sunday night after being chosen at random by a computer to give up his seat.

And of course, a video of the incident was posted online, causing an uproar on the Internet.

CNBC reports that the nearly 30-second clip shows a man, who was already seated, being asked by security officials to give up his seat on the flight to Louisville, KY. When he refused, he was dragged "screaming" off the plane.

Witnesses said that passengers were warned at the gate that the flight was overbooked, and that volunteers were being sought to give up their seats, with incentives. Audra Bridges, who posted the video on Facebook, said United management came on board the aircraft and used a computer to randomly select four people to be removed from the airplane.

The man who put up the protest reportedly said he was a doctor who needed to see patients at the hospital the next morning. He said he would be contacting his attorneys.

Bridges said in the Facebook post that the passengers were asked to give up their seats so that a standby crew could have seats on the flight.

That passenger was allowed to reboard the plane, according to the report, but his face was bloody and he appeared to be disoriented. The flight was delayed by more than two hours while the situation was resolved, passengers said.

In a statement, United said that: "Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked. After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate. We apologize for the overbook situation. Further details on the removed customer should be directed to authorities."

(Image from Facebook video)

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