Plane diverted as passengers fight over seat reclining

Plane seats: source of knee rage. Photograph: Alamy

The Knee Defender, a controversial $21.95 device that prevents the seat in front from reclining, caused a fight among passengers on United Airlines flight 1462, forcing the plan to divert so the two passengers could be removed. The male passenger, seated in a middle seat of row 12, used the device to stop the woman in front of him reclining while he was on his laptop.