CHICAGO (CBS) — Thanks to a little gadget called the Knee Defender, the friendly skies just got a little less, well, friendly. United Flight 1462 traveling from Newark to Denver was forced to land in Chicago after two passengers got into an
WASHINGTON – In the nation's skies, passengers are stretching the boundaries of decorum. Over the weekend, United Airlines Flight 1462 was traveling from Newark to Denver when a 47-year-old man attached a small device called a Knee Defender to the
The Knee Defender, as it turns out, is not strictly prohibited by the Federal Aviation Administration but is banned by most major U.S. airlines, including United.* Still, you can't really blame the passenger for trying, especially since airlines seem
A US airliner has been diverted after a row broke out over one passenger's use of a device to prevent the seat in front of him from reclining. A male and female passenger were involved in a heated dispute on Sunday, after the male passenger attached a
According to an Associated Press report, a man sitting in a middle seat on a United Airlines flight used his Knee Defender to stop a lady in front of him from reclining. He was using his laptop. When a flight attendant asked him to remove the Knee