Muscat, Apr 28 (Daily Mirror) : A mid-air altercation over legroom turned into a brawl on a flight from London Heathrow to Oman, after one passenger allegedly attacked another with a shoe.

The fight broke out on the Oman Air flight 102 to Muscat after one man decided to move seats because the plane wasn't full.

However, a fellow passenger objected to the man moving near to him and a row broke out.

After landing at Muscat, one man was taken away for questioning by police after being involved in a fight with another passenger on an Oman Air flight

Passengers were forced to intervene after the argument escalated into a full-blown fight on board.

The Irish Mirror reports that one of the men involved threw punches at the other, and also took of his shoe to use as a weapon in the scuffle.

One passenger screamed that there was a baby nearby, while others were woken from their sleep by the commotion.

The pilot alerted Muscat Airport, and on arrival, one man was taken away for questioning.

'It really was a really nasty incident,' one passenger told the Irish Mirror.

'One guy completely lost the plot and started throwing several punches. Eventually the flight crew was alerted and managed to calm him down.'

As the plane was not at capacity, one man decided to move seats on the Oman Air flight

The Airbus A330 departed London Heathrow at 9.30pm Saturday night, with the fight believed to have taken place less than three hours into the journey.

MailOnline Travel has contacted Oman Air and is awaiting comment.

It's not the first time a row over passengers' space has caused problems mid-flight.
Last year three incidents in one week saw three plane diversions in a period that became known as 'legroom wars'.

A Delta flight from New York to Florida was forced to divert after a row broke out over a reclined seat.

Flight 2370 left New York en route to West Palm Beach, but was forced to land in Jacksonville.

A woman reclined her seat so she could knit, but the person behind was trying to sleep on the table, and the two became engaged in a bitter argument.

The issue of space on planes remains a key issue and means rows and disagreements are common

The issue of space on planes remains a key issue and means rows and disagreements are common

As the row ensured, the pilot took the decision to ground the plane 'out of an abundance of caution.'

And an American Airlines Miami-to-Paris flight was rerouted to Boston after air marshals had to restrain a man as two passengers came to blows when one of them attempted to recline their seat.

The male passenger, Edmund Alexandre, of France, continued to be disruptive when a crew member tried to calm him, following him down the aisle and grabbing his arm.

Two undercover federal air marshals on the flight then subdued and handcuffed the 61-year-old traveler.

And a few days prior to this, a fight started on a United Airlines flight when a male passenger resorted to using a Knee Defender, a $21 gadget designed to prevent the person in front from reclining.

A female passenger, sitting in the middle of Row 11 tried to recline, but found she couldn’t. When it emerged that the man in the seat behind had attached a Knee Defender, she asked a member of cabin crew to remove it.

He refused, saying that he would no longer be able to work on his laptop, and the situation escalated, with the woman hurling a glass of water in the man’s face.
The New Jersey-to-Denver flight was diverted to Chicago, and both of the passengers were booted off.