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Seat recline the cause behind mid-air brawl

A mid-air brawl between two passengers on a flight from Zurich to Beijing was caused by an altercation over the position of a passenger's seat back, a Swiss-German tabloid reported Tuesday.

A flier aboard Sunday's Swiss airline flight - a 57-year-old Chinese man who was reportedly tipsy - felt disturbed during his meal when the passenger in front of him reclined his chair, the newspaper

Blick reported after speaking to a tourist guide who was on the flight.

Blick has reported that the chair-reclining man is also a Chinese citizen, aged 27.

"The older of the two felt disturbed during his dinner. When the younger did not respond to his protests, he hit him on the head with the flat of his hand. It was a real slap," said the guide, Valerie Sprenger.

A fight then broke out between the two men, who rolled in the plane's aisle.

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A crew member and a well-muscled passenger restrained the aggressor, bound his hands and placed him at the back of the plane, where he shouted for an hour, the newspaper said.

The plane was just east of Moscow when the pilot decided to turn it around and land at Zurich, where police took the men into custody.

A local magistrate said the aggressor was released Tuesday after being fined an undisclosed amount.

Authorities seized cash from the two men to cover legal costs and the airline could still seek reimbursement to cover the extra jet fuel and costs of accommodating other passengers in Zurich for a night.

The flight was carrying 200 passengers.

A Mandarin-speaking flight attendant (left) was trying to calm down one of the passengers involved in the mid-flight fight.

The flight attendant is also placing a paper towel on the passenger's head, seemingly coaxing him to press it against his injury on his head.

It is not known how and why the brawl occurred between the two passengers.

While not much has been revealed about their identities, AFP reported that they are Chinese citizens, aged 27 and 57.

The Swiss airline en route from Zurich to Beijing was more than six hours in the air when the incident happened and had to turn back to Zurich.

The plane was just east of Moscow when the pilot decided to turn it around, according to the spokesman, who said the pilot had opted to head back to Zurich instead of making an emergency landing in Moscow to avoid administrative difficulties because some passengers did not have Russian visas.

Watch the video captured by one of the passengers on board here.

These type of passengers just got no class! Just Crass!

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good way to emigrate to Europe. When Charge and fine, claim no money so can stay longer in Europe, even Jail can be good, after jail still calim no money to go back.. Welcome to China working methodology

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