Cathay Pacific banned a couple after they harassed a passenger over her reclined seat during a flight from Hong Kong to London.

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has banned two passengers from its flights after an argument over seat-reclining etiquette descended into xenophobic insults.

A couple on a Cathay Pacific flight to London heckled a woman in front who declined to straighten her seat. The airline put them on its no-fly list.