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Airplanes / Reclining Seats #1145618

NBC Evening News for Saturday, Feb 15, 2020
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(Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

(No location given: Kendis Gibson) A new controversy in the issue of reclining plane seats examined; viral video of a confrontation between two American Airlines passengers; details given of the lack of FAA regulation on seat sizes. [Delta Air Lines CEO Ed BASTIAN@- offers views on reclining.] [Passenger Adam BOKKER@- comments.] [Woman in the video, now on TMZ, passenger Wendy WILLIAMS - describes what happened on the plane.]

Reporter(s):
Balart, Jose Diaz;
Gibson, Kendis
Duration:
00:01:50

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