CNN – The flight attendant involved in an incident that led to Terrell Davis’ removal from a United Airlines plane in handcuffs “is no longer employed” and the NFL Hall of Famer’s “no fly” ban has been lifted, the airline told CNN Tuesday.
United’s statement came after Davis took to social media Tuesday to share an emailed letter notifying him of his placement on the airlines’ no fly list following the July 13 encounter.
United said the letter was sent to Davis the day after the incident, and that the action has been rescinded and the change was communicated to Davis’s team the following day.
Additionally, the airline said the flight attendant involved in the controversy is no longer an employee. It was not immediately clear if the flight attendant’s employment status is a result of the incident involving Davis. CNN has asked United for more details.
Davis’ attorney Parker Stinar said in a statement Tuesday United’s claim that the “apparently withdrawn” ban had been communicated to Davis’ lawyers “is blatantly false,” and only following his social media post did Davis become aware of the ban being rescinded.
Davis and his family were on their way to a vacation in California when he was handcuffed and taken off a United plane. Davis says all he had done was tap a flight attendant’s arm to ask for a cup of ice, and that he was wrongfully removed.
Sent by the airline’s Passenger Incident Review Committee, the letter stated Davis’ ban is in “compliance with (United’s) contract of carriage and our legal obligations as a common carrier … to delay or refuse to carry any passenger whose conduct or conditions threatens the safety of our employees or other passengers.”
“Based on the nature of the reported incident … this shall serve as a notice that you are not permitted to fly on United Airlines or any regional carrier operating as United Express,” the undated letter continued …
