Chicago (AFP) - The city of Chicago revealed Tuesday that it fired two airport police officers in connection with the controversial removal of a passenger from a United Airlines plane earlier this year. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, who heads the midwestern US city's watchdog office, had been pursuing an internal probe of the officers' actions. But on the Chicago-Louisville flight, passengers had already boarded when Dao was involuntarily bumped and refused to give up his seat. United was not the only airline to modify its practices, as the incident's aftermath reverberated throughout the industry. Both United and American Airlines ended the practice of asking passengers already seated on planes to give up their seats.

Source: The Star October 18, 2017 00:45 UTC