The Knee Defender's Inventor Defends His Invention http://www.thewire.com/business/2014/08/the-knee-defenders-inventor-defends-his-invention/379317/

“护膝器”（Knee Defender，一种价值21.95美元的防止前面的乘客座椅后仰的“神器”）

座椅调节引高空争斗 美航班备降将两乘客驱离 http://news.carnoc.com/list/292/292312.html 据美国福克斯新闻网报道，上周日，美联航班机上的两名乘客因为座椅调节问题，引发激烈争执，导致航班备降。 　　在美国联合航空公司（United Airlines）的飞机上，一名乘客使用了“护膝器”（Knee Defender，一种价值21.95美元的防止前面的乘客座椅后仰的“神器”）。 　　根据美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）的规定，各个航空公司可自行决定是否禁止使用这个设备。美联航表示，和主流的美国航空公司一样，它禁止使用“护膝器”。美国精神航空公司（Spirit Airlines）和忠实航空公司（Allegiant Air）把调节座椅角度的装置取出了，让它们永远直立。 　　美国运输安全管理局（TSA）发言人Ross Feinstein表示，争执发生在美联航从纽瓦克飞往丹佛的UA1462航班上，航班上的争执升级，导致航空公司决定改航备降到芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场。 　　芝加哥警方和TSA官员称，涉事两名乘客为一男一女，都是48岁。发言人称“这是一个客户服务问题”。TSA不愿透露乘客姓名。 　　随后飞机将两人留在芝加哥，继续飞往丹佛。据航空公司网站显示，该航班晚点1小时38分钟。 　　对于不守规矩的乘客，FAA最高可处以2.5万美元的罚款。不过机场警方称，这次事件无人被捕。 　　据知情但无发言权的执法人员称，争斗起始于坐在12排中间的男乘客，他在使用笔记本电脑时使用了“护膝器”，阻止前排女乘客的座椅后仰。 　　空乘让其去除“护膝器”，但他拒绝了。前排妇女接着站起来，转身泼了一杯咖啡在他身上。此时，美联航决定在芝加哥备降。航空公司拒绝这两名乘客继续前往丹佛。 　　这两名乘客都坐在美联航的“Economy Plus ”区域，这个区域的腿部空间比普通经济舱要多出4英寸。

8月28日,AA 邁阿密飛巴黎飛機降落波士頓,警方逮捕一名因座椅斜躺而與空乘發生爭執的法國人,這是近日笫二起因座椅斜躺的爭執而轉降的事件。(英文新聞) Flight diverts to Boston over reclined-seat upset http://finance.yahoo.com/news/flight-diverted-boston-due-unruly-passenger-120031217.html BOSTON (AP) — An outburst over a reclined seat led an American Airlines flight to divert to Boston, at least the second such incident in the U.S. this week, authorities said. Passenger Edmund Alexandre became upset after a woman reclined the seat in front of him on the Miami-to-Paris flight on Wednesday night, the Suffolk County district attorney's office said. Alexandre, who's from Paris, continued to be disruptive when a flight crew member attempted to calm him, following the crewman down the aisle and grabbing his arm, authorities said. Two undercover federal air marshals on the flight then subdued Alexandre and handcuffed him, the U.S. attorney's office said. Massachusetts state police arrested Alexandre when the diverted plane landed around 10 p.m. Alexandre was taken to a hospital for observation and treatment of pre-existing health issues. Federal prosecutors said he told authorities he had high blood pressure and diabetes. Alexandre was charged with interfering with a flight crew and was arraigned at the hospital on Thursday. A judge approved his release from custody on his own recognizance until a December hearing. His attorney didn't return a telephone message seeking comment. On Sunday, a United Airlines flight diverted to Chicago after two passengers argued over reclining a seat. American Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Mohr said other passengers on Flight 62 continued on to Paris Wednesday night. US Airways Group merged with American Airlines last year to form Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines Group Inc.