Six memes about United Airlines incident that have gone viral on Twitter
Internet wags have had a field day making fun of the American carrier for its handling of Sunday’s incident at Chicago airport. We picked six of the funniest and most popular tweets doing the rounds
Social media has been flooded with memes mocking United Airlines since a video showing Chicago airport security officers dragging bloodied 69-year-old David Dao off an overbooked flight to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday sparked outrage worldwide.
Despite an apology issued by United CEO Oscar Munoz on Tuesday, after he had initially stood by his staff without saying sorry, web users have only been generating more memes and GIFs ridiculing the airline.
Here are six tweets using the hashtags #UnitedAirlines and #BoycottUnitedAirlines that have gone viral:
1. Instead of instructing passengers on an aircraft about the procedures for dealing with emergency conditions that may arise on the flight, this safety instruction card was redesigned to illustrate how passengers should protect themselves when airline staff “look for volunteers” to leave an overbooked flight.
2. One of the most retweeted memes was a fake advert that used a photo of a United Airlines plane in flight.