In-fight entertainment
The fight erupted on the Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to LA on Wednesday after two intoxicated women started playing loud music out of the speaker, and three others asked them to stop. In a video of the scuffle, the female passengers can be seen hitting each other and screaming as other passengers look on. Some passengers move out of the way of the scuffle, while many others can be seen filming it on their cellphones. The crew notified LAX police and officers were waiting for the women when the flight landed.The FBI were also called in, as per procedure, all five were pulled off the plane and interviewed, no one was arrested or charged.
Five women were arrested when their flight landed in Los Angeles on Wednesday after an onboard brawl broke out over a boom box speaker.
The fight erupted when Spirit Airlines Flight 141 from Baltimore landed in LA, after two intoxicated women had been playing loud music out of the speaker during the trip, according to reports.
Several passengers asked the pair to turn the music down, but instead they put the boom box in the air and started waving it around, an airline spokesperson told The Los Angeles Times.
A group of women then approached the two when the plane pulled up at the gate, starting an all-out brawl, which was captured on video.
In-flight fight: A brawl broke out among five women aboard a cross-country flight Wednesday morning after two of them refused to turn down their music, Spirit Airlines said
The fight broke out when the flight landed, after the animosity had built up in the air, with punches thrown and hair pulled. Many passengers could be seen filming the incident on their phones and video has emerged
In the video, the female passengers can be seen throwing punches, pulling at each other's hair and screaming as other passengers look on.
Some passengers move out of the way of the scuffle, while many others can be seen filming it on their cellphones.
Flight attendants were able to diffuse the flight before it count too out of control.
No one was seriously injured.
The crew notified LAX police and officers were waiting for the women when the flight landed.
Brawling: The fight erupted on the Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to LA on Wednesday after two intoxicated women started playing loud music out of the speaker, and three others asked them to stop
LAX Police spokesman Rob Pedregon described the incident to The Washington Post as a 'mutual combat situation'.
'It's just one of those things,' Pedregon said.
'People in the air, stuck in a small confined space for a number of hours.
'It isn't uncommon. People lose their tempers and just refuse to get along.'
In a video captured of the incident, the women can be seen hitting each other and pulling each others hair. At one point a woman falls to the ground before quickly jumping up and resuming the fight
The FBI were also called in, as per procedure.
All five were pulled off the plane and interviewed.
However no one was arrested or charged, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told The Times.
The lack of charges laid seems surprising giving the viciousness of the video footage that has emerged.
One of the passengers, Emerson Silver, told NBC the situation was 'serious'.
'They were throwing serious punches,' Emerson told the network.
'The ladies — they were serious.'
A Spirit Airlines spokesperson said the ruckus was started by two intoxicated passengers. While all five women were detained by police at LAX, none were arrested or charged
The incident also shocked other travelers at the airport.
'I'd be really afraid,' Shamaila Taj, who was catching a different flight, told CBS.
'A plane is probably the last place you'd want to do something like that.
I would freak out more so than anything else.
'I would be scared out of my mind because you're stuck on a plane.
'There's nowhere else you can go.'
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