A third flight is diverted over a reclining seat spat

There's no law against reclining seats on airplanes, but that doesn't mean they aren't causing problems.

Delta Airlines Flight 2370 from New York LaGuardia to West Palm Beach was diverted to Jacksonville, Florida, after two passengers got in a dispute over a reclining seat, according to a witness who spoke with local television station News 4 JAX.

"This woman sitting next to me knitting tried reclining her seat back, the woman behind her started screaming and swearing," said Aaron Klipin, who was on board and said the passenger behind her was trying to sleep on the tray table.

"The flight attendant came over and that exacerbated what was going on. She demanded the flight land."

Klipin added: "She said something to the effect of, 'I don't care about the consequences, put this plane down now.' She started swearing at the flight attendants and demanding the flight land. The flight attendant spoke to the captain while somebody was blocking her path to the cabin. A few minutes later an announcement came on that we were diverting to Jacksonville."

Delta said in a statement the flight was diverted "due to safety reasons in regard to a passenger issue."

"Local law enforcement met the flight and removed the passenger," a Delta statement said.

After the passenger was removed, the flight continued and arrived in West Palm Beach.

This follows two other flights that were diverted last week. On August 27, a flight on its way to Paris was diverted to Boston after a man became upset about the person reclining the seat in front of him.

A few days earlier, on August 24, a flight was diverted when a man used a Knee Defender device to prevent the woman in front of him from reclining.

After a flight attendant intervened, the woman threw water on the man. Both the man and the woman were left in Chicago as the flight continued on its way to Denver.

Some airlines, like Spirit Airlines and Ryanair, have removed the ability to recline seats.