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Showing posts with label Incident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incident. Show all posts

10/20/17

AustriaTurkey Relations: Turkey reacts to harassment at Austria airport - by Ercan Canpolat

The Foreign Ministry responded late Thursday to the harassment of Turkish Airlines passengers who were body searched by police dogs at an Austrian airport.

In a written statement, the ministry said: “Turkish embassy in Vienna drew attention to the inconvenient control of people in the footages and demanded the Austrian authorities, particularly customs officers, to be warned.”

The statement added that Austrian authorities promised to act responsibly toward the incident.

The Turkish embassy in Vienna, Wednesday, made a statement on its official Facebook account regarding the incident.

It said the Turkish Consulate General in Vienna made an immediate investigation at Vienna’s Schwechat Airport on Tuesday, after watching footage of the incident that happened Oct. 13, on social media.

Read More: Turkey reacts to harassment at Austria airport


6/13/17

Germany::Shooting in Munich, Germany, Train Station After Cop's Gun Is Grabbed -

 A police officer and two bystanders were wounded after a man grabbed the officer's gun and opened fire at a German train station on Tuesday, officials said.

Police were called to the station after reports of an injured person on a train. When officers arrived, a man became violent and tried to push one of the them onto the tracks, a police spokesman told reporters.

 Shooting in Munich, Germany, Train Station After Cop's Gun Is Grabbed - NBC News

4/11/17

Airline Industry: United Airlines CEO apologizes for dragging passenger off the flight - by Avi Selk and Lori Aratani

After two days of conflicting explanations, falling stock prices and worldwide outrage, United Airlines entered mea culpa mode Tuesday afternoon when its chief executive announced an internal investigation into an incident involving a man who was violently removed from a plane so a crew member could have his seat.

“I continue to be disturbed by what happened,” United chief executive Oscar Munoz said in a statement. “I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. No one should ever be mistreated this way.”

“We are going to fix what’s broken so this never happens again,” Munoz said, promising a public report by April 30 on a review into United’s partnerships with law enforcement, its policies on giving seats to employees and overbooking.

The statement was the latest attempt from the airline to defuse a public relations crisis, which began when a now-suspended security officer yanked a man out of his seat Sunday, causing the man’s face to hit an arm rest, and then dragged him across the aisle floor back to the terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

United Airlines CEO apologizes for dragging passenger off the flight - The Washington Post