Richard Bell, a passenger on a United Airlines flight, said a scorpion stung him on a United Airlines flight to Calgary, Canada. "While I was eating, something fell in my hair from the overhead above me. I picked it up, and it was a scorpion. And I was holding it out by the tail, so it couldn't really sting me then." – Richard Bell to CBC He was treated upon arrival at Calgary, and United Airlines compensated him for the incident. This happened on the same Sunday that a Vietnamese doctor, David Dao, was forcefully removed from an overbooked flight, which created tension for the UA brand and public image.
