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Rage over reclining airline seats has allegedly hit a new peak: mid-air strangulation.
According to reports, a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco was delayed for close to three hours Sunday night when an argument over legroom turned violent. Via NBC:
The pilot doubled back after a man began choking the woman sitting in front of him, who had reclined her seat, NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.
“Evidently, we’ve got two passengers who are in a physical altercation, so we need to get turned around back to LAX,” the pilot told air-traffic control in a radio transmission obtained by NBC News.
“An individual was detained for questioning following the return of a SW aircraft to LAX based on allegations of an assault involving a fellow passenger,” FBI Public Affairs Specialist Laura Eimiller reportedly confirmed in a statement. “No arrest has been made at this time and the investigation is continuing. The flight left for San Francisco shortly after midnight as I understand.”
It’s still unclear if the plane actually made an emergency landing or merely returned to the gate over the “rapidly escalating situation” but either way, the reported outcome is the same: the FBI boarded the plane and took a very angry, very cramped man away for questioning.
The airline, for its part, is expected to continue to force passengers to pay outrageous fees for seats that aren’t made
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