Cathay bans couple who started row over reclining seat

Cathay Pacific has banned a Hong Kong mates from its flights aft their enactment with a mainland Chinese traveller implicit her reclining seat.

The Chinese pistillate had complained connected societal media that she was harassed by the mates seated down her connected a Cathay formation aft reclining her seat.

The Hong Kong emblem bearer said connected Sunday that it had added the mates to its no-fly list, saying it has "a strict zero-tolerance policy" towards behaviours that disrespect chap passengers.

The Chinese woman's station connected societal media level Xiaohongshu, which captured portion of the confrontation, had garnered 194,000 likes arsenic of Monday greeting and drawn mixed reactions online.

The incidental took spot connected a formation from Hong Kong to London connected 17 September.

In her post, the Chinese pistillate recalled however the middle-aged mates - a hubby and woman - had accused her of obstructing their presumption of the in-flight tv and asked her to straighten her seat.

When she refused, the woman stretched her legs and enactment them connected the armrests of her seat, past started scolding her successful Cantonese and slapping her arm, the pistillate said.

"When she realised I couldn't talk Cantonese, she started calling maine 'mainland girl' successful a derogatory tone," she said.

The husband, who was seated straight down her, "frantically pushed" the backmost of her seat, the pistillate said. Her video showed the spot vibrating.

Another country showed the woman raising her mediate digit astatine the woman.

The pistillate past sought assistance from a formation attendant, who suggested that she straighten her seat.

"I was shocked due to the fact that it was not repast time, yet the formation attendant wanted maine to compromise," the pistillate said. "I rejected the suggestion."

Several passengers who witnessed the incidental criticised the Hong Kong couple's behaviour.

"Don't telephone yourself a Hong Konger, you bully," 1 rider said.

Another said, "This is excessively much. How aged are you? Why are you bullying a young girl?"

The woman's station connected Xiaohongshu sparked akin outrage.

"If they privation much space, they should person paid for first-class seats," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

Several commenters were speedy to support Hong Kong's reputation, with 1 saying "Most radical successful Hong Kong are kind, this mates is an exception."

It has besides triggered a statement connected whether reclining one's airplane spot is an acceptable practice.

Several users said that it should beryllium acceptable, fixed that the quality to recline is simply a built-in relation of the seats.

Others said it tin get uncomfortable erstwhile passengers successful beforehand recline their seats excessively acold back.