United broke his guitar

Singer's airline tune YouTube hit

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A strung-out musician who blames United Airlines for breaking his prize guitar has taken revenge by writing a song that has become a YouTube hit.

Dave Carroll composed "United Breaks Guitars" after his Taylor acoustic was damaged at Chicago's O'Hare airport.

The fretting Canadian said he wrote the tune after months of trying to get the carrier to pay compensation.

United Airlines said the 41-year-old musician's song would be used for internal customer service training.

Mr Carroll says his instrument was wrecked by clumsy ground staff as he switched planes last year in Chicago, en route between Halifax and Nebraska.

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