Emergency Landing SW Flight

[middle-aged mom]

Passenger chokes passenger in front of him because she declined her seat. Ruckus ensues.

SW declares emergency and lands.

[billl]

OP didn't provide a link:

One person was removed from the flight after 'a rapidly escalating situation' onboard.

[yandex]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Passenger chokes passenger in front of him because she declined her seat. Ruckus ensues.

SW declares emergency and lands.

She declined her seat? So she decided to stand instead?

[jim9251]

Airplanes, buses with wings.

[Unsettomati]

Originally Posted by yandex

She declined her seat? So she decided to stand instead?

Perhaps you're unaware of the fact that most words have multiple definitions - even some that you don't know.

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decline
[dih-klahyn]
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
verb (used with object), declined, declining.
1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse:
He declined to say more about it.
2. to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy:
to decline an invitation; to decline an offer.
3. to cause to slope or incline downward.
4. Grammar.
to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), as Latin puella, declined puella, puellae, puellae, puellam, puella in the five cases of the singular.
to recite or display all or some subset of the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a fixed order.

Decline | Define Decline at Dictionary.com

[Mr_Geek]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

Perhaps you're unaware of the fact that most words have multiple definitions - even some that you don't know.

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decline
[dih-klahyn]
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
verb (used with object), declined, declining.
1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse:
He declined to say more about it.
2. to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy:
to decline an invitation; to decline an offer.
3. to cause to slope or incline downward.
4. Grammar.
to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), as Latin puella, declined puella, puellae, puellae, puellam, puella in the five cases of the singular.
to recite or display all or some subset of the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a fixed order.

Decline | Define Decline at Dictionary.com

Well that wasn't a very nice thing to say. Why so snarky?

[elan]

Flying used to be so much fun, now I hate it. Five hour delay, that's bad.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by yandex

She declined her seat? So she decided to stand instead?

The few times I have created a thread, I usually manage to bosh it. I should stick with responding to threads.

I meant " reclined".

[LetsRock]

Originally Posted by elan

Flying used to be so much fun, now I hate it. Five hour delay, that's bad.

Look at how the passengers dress and look in the movie "Airport" vs what you see boarding planes today. Flying used to be for a better class of people and business travelers.

[WeHa]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

Perhaps you're unaware of the fact that most words have multiple definitions - even some that you don't know.

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decline
[dih-klahyn]
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
verb (used with object), declined, declining.
1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse:
He declined to say more about it.
2. to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy:
to decline an invitation; to decline an offer.
3. to cause to slope or incline downward.
4. Grammar.
to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), as Latin puella, declined puella, puellae, puellae, puellam, puella in the five cases of the singular.
to recite or display all or some subset of the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a fixed order.

Decline | Define Decline at Dictionary.com

Perhaps you're unaware of how a dictionary definition works. The numbers next to each definition are a ranking of how popular that meaning is.

In other words, yes you can technically use decline, but since the usual term for this is recline don't be pissed when someone points that out. Especially since decline, even with your definition is still an odd word choice.

RECLINE

[ri-klahyn]
verb (used without object), reclined, reclining.
1.
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.

verb (used with object), reclined, reclining.
2.
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.