(CNN) -- Inching into another passenger's knee space has some fliers itching for a fight. <\/p>\n
In the second serious airline legroom argument reported this week, a reportedly irate passenger caused a flight from Miami to Paris to divert to Boston on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Paris resident Edmund Alexandre, 60, was charged in U.S. federal court Thursday with interfering with an airline flight crew. Interfering with flight crew members is a violation of federal law and carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. (The passenger's name has also been spelled \"Edmond\" Alexandre in court documents.) <\/p>\n
About two hours after American Airlines Flight 62 had departed Miami on Wednesday, Alexandre allegedly \"began arguing with another passenger and became disruptive,\" according to a press statement from Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Alexandre was also charged under state law. <\/p>\n
After a crew member asked him to calm down and walked away, \"Alexandre allegedly began raising his voice again, followed the crew member towards the back of the plane, and grabbed the crew member's arm,\" according to Ortiz's statement. <\/p>\n
At that time federal air marshals on the flight broke cover and subdued and restrained Alexandre, according to an FBI agent's affidavit. The flight was diverted to Boston Logan International Airport, where he was arrested. <\/p>\n
Alexandre complained of high blood pressure and issues with diabetes, according to the affidavit, and was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital. <\/p>\n
It's been a tense week for passengers on both sides of the right-to-recline debate. <\/p>\n
A United Airlines flight from Newark to Denver was diverted on August 24 after two passengers argued over one passenger's use of a \"Knee Defender,\" a device that blocks reclining. <\/p>\n
Water was thrown and the passengers, both 48, were removed from the flight in Chicago, according to a federal law enforcement source, speaking on background. The passengers were not arrested. <\/p>\n
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