China Eastern reports passenger to police over cabin crew kneeling row - South China Morning Post

Caroline LinPublished: 9:20pm, 4 Oct 2026China Eastern Airlines has reported a male passenger to the police for allegedly disturbing order, after a flight attendant was filmed kneeling in a cabin aisle to apologise for bumping his elbow with a service trolley.In its second statement on the incident, the carrier said on Saturday that it believed the actions of the passenger amounted to disturbing order aboard a civil aircraft and had severely infringed upon the employee’s personal dignity.

The airline added that it had banned the individual from flying with them.

Footage of the incident aboard a flight from Hefei in Anhui province to Dalian in Liaoning province started circulating online on Monday.