A Plane Diverted After Two Adults Got in a Fight Over a Reclining Seat

The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender, a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger's tray table and prevents the person sitting front of him from reclining.

The dispute on United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver, Colorado, escalated to the point where the airline decided to divert to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, according to Transportation Security Administration spokesman Ross Feinstein

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A man in the middle seat of row 12 was using the Knee Defender to stop the woman in front of him from reclining while he was on his laptop. A flight attendant asked the man to remove the device, and he refusedThe woman in front of him then stood up, turned around, and threw a cup of water at him, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak. That's when the United flight decided to land in Chicago; the two passengers were not allowed to continue to Denver. Read more...

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