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Abbie Meehan

Plane passenger refuses to let woman recline her seat as his 'legs are too long'

A man has been praised for his reaction to a fellow plane passenger who was trying to invade his leg room space on a flight.

The holidaymaker took to social media forum Reddit to ask the online community if he had handled the situation in the correct way. In explaining the row, the man said he was on a four-hour flight, and given his 6'5" (196cm) stature, he was crammed into a seat on an economy flight.

When the woman in front of him tried to recline her seat, she realised she couldn't due to his knees being pressed up against the back of her chair.

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