United expected to file for bankruptcy

Monday, December 9, 2002

CHICAGO -- United Airlines, unable to stanch more than two years of swelling losses and spurned in a plea for federal assistance, will file today for federal bankruptcy court protection, a source close to the company said Sunday.

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