Couple claims United Airlines unfairly kicked them off flight.
Two years after the infamous incident in which United Airlines had an elderly passenger physically dragged off a flight, the carrier is being accused of a similar episode.
Married couple Drs. Jessie Au and her husband, M.G. Wientes, say they were kicked off a late-night United flight in July. The couple, ages 68 and 66, respectively, are retired professors from Ohio State University. They were traveling on June 24 from Washington D.C., where they were seeking grants for further personal research, to Los Angeles.
United Airlines Kicks Elderly Couple Off Late-Night Flight
After a senior-citizen couple was kicked off a late-night United flight over duplicate seat assignments, the company branded the 68-year grandmother as “belligerent.”
The incident was allegedly over a boarding pass issue, Forbes reported. Once the couple found their seats, another passenger claimed they were sitting in the same seat and had the same boarding pass.
An argument ensued, and Wientes claims one of the flight attendants took his boarding pass toward the back of the plane and then lost it. Although it was returned, the couple claims it was too late – by that time, a flight attendant began screaming “You’re coming out.”