Fight over reclining seat diverts flight, plane escorted by fighter jets

[Liberal_in_LA]

Fight over reclining seat diverts flight

A United Airlines flight was escorted back to the airport by fighter jets over a passenger dispute.

United Airlines passenger smacks fellow flier over an unwelcome seat recline
Air Force fighter jets escort Ghana-bound flight back to Washington Dulles International

Air Force fighter jets escorted the Ghana-bound United Airlines flight back to Washington Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff Sunday night, the Post reported.

Not long after departing the airport, a passenger lowered his seat into the space of a fellow flier and a fight broke out. A flight attendant and another passenger tried to break up the scuffle, sources told the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity.

Airport police met the flight at Dulles and determined that charges were not warranted, according to a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/06/01/united.seat.recline.fight/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[WingDinger]

1. Hey, those seats can kill.

Many have suffered cramped legs, and therefore, bloodclot. They should however reserve their punches for the Executives of the airline.

[rsmith6621]

5. Tight Seating = Lower Cost To The Passenger...

.....So what do you think the public want?....Each extra inch the airlines give beyond a 31 inch seat pitch will cost passengers about $50.00 per ticket...The executive are doing what the consumer want..cheap seats.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. No overreaction there!

"charges were not warranted" but fighter jets were?!

[Scuba]

3. If it has anything to do with airplanes, we're crazy.

[shireen]

4. airlines should stop designing cramped cabins

we're people, not sardines.

[Forkboy]

6. This country is officially as mad as a box of frogs.