The man dragged off a United Airlines plane earlier this month has settled with the airline for an undisclosed amount, according to reports.
“Dr. David Dao has reached an amicable settlement with United Airlines for the injuries he received in his April 9 ordeal, which was captured on video and viewed worldwide,” reads a document from Dao’s law firm, obtained by NBC.
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A condition of the settlement is that the amount remains confidential, the document states.
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Dao, 69, was seated on a United Airlines plane in Chicago with his wife, destined for Kentucky, when the airline asked for passengers to volunteer to leave the overbooked plane. When no one voluntarily left their seat, the airline selected Dao and his wife to be bumped from the flight; Dao refused.
Dao was then forcibly removed. Videos taken by other passengers showing Dao being dragged off the plane, battered and bloody, sparked outrage around the globe.
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Dao’s lawyer later said he suffered a broken nose, concussion and lost teeth in the ordeal.
The settlement was reached the same day the airline released an outline of changes that will be made following the incident.
In a report released Thursday, United Airlines admitted that several failures on its part led to the April 9 incident, and announced new measures to prevent a similar incident from reoccurring.
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