US-flight: French passenger because of controversy over legroom arrested

New fight for the knee area: A French passenger resisted so violently a reset backrest that a transatlantic flight in Boston had stop over. The man handcuffs put on air Mars neck.

Boston - the tightness on the plane is often hardly to be borne for passengers. But self-help - for instance with a disputed Knee Defender (“knee defender”) - is forbidden on US-flights, the nasty equipment provides at present for violent debates. Now a new incident continues to heat up the discussion: Because of seat disputes this week US-flight was rerouted. As the authorities communicate now, Wednesday night had to stop over a American airline machine from Miami to Paris in Boston. A French passenger became increasingly failing and attacked obviously also the crew of the flier.

The 61-year old Parisian is to have made, as the passenger on the seat before it its backrest reset for its annoyance air. When the flight attendants tried to calm the man down it had followed a crew member in full swing the machine and for his arm had reached, communicates the authorities. Two security forces in civilian clothes, so-called air Mars neck, overwhelmed the Frenchman and put on it handcuffs. After the intermediate stop in Boston the man was arrested by the police of the U.S. state Massachusetts. It was brought into a hospital, because he suffers own according to reports from high blood pressure and diabetes. It was heard still during its stay in the hospital. Is charged to it the airplane crew to have obstructed. The Frenchman must defend itself therefore now before the US-authorities. A hearing in the thing was set for Decembers. Only on Tuesday on board an United airline machine a controversy of two passengers had escalated. Because of the conflict around a “knee defender” a flier from Newark had to insert an unplanned stopover to Denver into Chicago.