The Chicago Department of Aviation has fired two security officers for their roles in the forcible removal of a passenger on a United Airlines flight in April, an incident that provoked international outrage.
The firings were included in a report on the incident released on Tuesday by the Chicago Office of the Inspector General.
David Dao, a 69-year-old Vietnamese-American physician, was hospitalized after aviation officers dragged him from a United Airlines plane to make space for four crew members on the flight from Chicago’s O‘Hare International Airport to Louisville, Kentucky.
Videos of Dao being dragged down the aisle of the jet sparked public outcry.
“As we have clearly stated, the department is taking every action in our power to ensure that an incident like this never, ever occurs again,” Lauren Huffman, deputy commissioner of communications for the Aviation Department, said in a statement.
