"Fold Your Seatback"... Brawl on a Plane at 10,000m Altitude

Chinese Passengers Engage in Physical Fight on Airplane
Aircraft Shakes During Altercation, Causing Passenger Anxiety

A violent fight broke out between passengers over a seatback on a Chinese aircraft flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters. This caused the plane to shake, threatening the safety of the passengers.

On the 2nd (local time), Chinese media outlets such as Shangyou News reported that a harrowing fight occurred on Capital Airlines flight JD5245, which departed from Lijiang Airport in Yunnan Province and was heading to Hefei Airport in Anhui Province, on the 29th of last month.

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According to reports, the fight began when passenger A, seated in the front seat, suddenly reclined the seatback without asking for permission from passenger B seated behind. Angered, passenger B placed their foot on the front seat’s backrest and shook the chair.

As passenger B continued to shake the front seat aggressively, passenger A grabbed B’s leg and refused to let go. When A punched B’s leg, an enraged B stood up and swung a fist toward A’s face.

As the fight escalated, flight attendants and security personnel intervened to restrain the two passengers. They separated A and B by moving them to different seats, and the incident was temporarily resolved. However, during the intense struggle, the aircraft shook violently up and down, creating a dangerous situation.

After the footage of the incident spread on Chinese social networking services (SNS) such as Weibo, criticism of the two passengers continued.

Chinese netizens expressed various reactions, saying, "If they had been considerate of each other, this would not have happened," "It could have become a dangerous situation," "The fellow travelers on the plane must have been scared," and "Behaviors that jeopardize safe flights are no different from crimes."

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