Confined space, a lack of legroom, stress-provoking boarding procedures and airlines’ cost-saving measures are a recipe for conflicts among air passengers, observers have said, after another heated dispute on a Hong Kong flight.
Experts also said on Sunday that social media had fuelled a “copycat effect” in which people imitated disruptive behaviour and aggressive responses they had seen online.
Hong Kong Airlines issued written warnings to four passengers and alerted Korean law enforcement…