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		</div><p>A passenger dragged from a United Express flight suffered a &#8220;significant&#8221; concussion and broken nose, and he lost two front teeth, one of his lawyers has said.</p>
<p>Dr David Dao has been discharged from a hospital but he will require reconstructive surgery, said attorney Thomas Demetrio &#8211; whose law firm is representing the 69-year-old Kentucky physician. Dr Dao was removed from the plane on Sunday after he refused to give up his seat on the full flight from Chicago to Louisville.</p>
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<p>One of Dr Dao&#8217;s five children, Crystal Pepper, said the family was &#8220;horrified, shocked and sickened&#8221; to learn and see what happened. She said seeing her father removed from the Sunday flight was &#8220;exacerbated&#8221; by the fact it was caught on video and widely distributed.</p>
<p>Mr Demetrio said he likely will file a lawsuit on Dr Dao&#8217;s behalf, adding that airlines &#8211; and United in particular &#8211; have long &#8220;bullied&#8221; passengers. The video of a passenger being dragged by an officer from a United Express flight shined an unwanted spotlight on the little-known police force that guards Chicago&#8217;s two main airports and could threaten the agency&#8217;s future.</p>
<p>Chicago&#8217;s aviation officers are not part of the regular police force, unlike in many other big cities.<br />
They get less training than regular officers and cannot carry firearms inside the airports.<br />
Three of them were put on leave amid outrage over how they treated the passenger.</p>
<p>Footage of the confrontation &#8220;really has put it at risk&#8221;, Alderman Chris Taliaferro said on Wednesday, a day before aldermen were scheduled to grill United and the Chicago Aviation Department about why a Kentucky physician was yanked out of his seat after he refused to get off the full jet at O&#8217;Hare Airport.</p>
<p>The City Council is looking for answers about the embarrassing video that has been seen around the world.<br />
At the top of the list of questions is whether the airport officers even had the legal authority to board the plane, said Alderman Michael Zalewski, who leads the council&#8217;s aviation committee.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are allowed in the terminal and baggage area, but my understanding is they may not be allowed on a plane,&#8221; he said. Mr Zalewski also said that he is not sure if the officers have the authority to make arrests or if they are authorised only to write tickets.</p>
<p>An Aviation Department spokeswoman did not respond to questions about the duties of the aviation police force, but Mr Zalewski said the agency&#8217;s commissioner will be asked that on Thursday.</p>
<p>The department will also be asked about training. Mr Zalewski said airport officers receive four months of training compared with the six months cadets must complete before joining the city&#8217;s police department.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know what that two-month gap means,&#8221; he said, adding that he will ask if the airport officers receive the same kind of training in de-escalating tense situations that city police officers get.</p>
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