Women Attack Airline Employees After Flight Delay

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Several Spirit Airlines employees were injured Tuesday night when they were attacked by three women who were apparently upset that their flight from Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia had been delayed, sheriff’s officials said.

The women beat employees with “ miscellaneous items such as phones, shoes, filled water bottles, metal signs, and fast food, ” according to arrest reports from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred outside the door of a flight to Philadelphia at Terminal 4 of the airport.

The airline said three employees at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport suffered minor injuries when the women “ became combative after a delayed flight. ”

WPLG released a video of the attack, which shows the women throwing items at employees and going behind the counter where they physically attacked at least one person.

Agents arrested the women, all from Philadelphia. Tymaya Wright, 20, was charged with battery theft and petit for taking a Spirit employee’s phone and putting it in her backpack. Danaysha Dixon, 22, and Keira Ferguson, 21, were arrested on assault charges.

They were taken to jail, where they later posted bail. Jail records did not include attorneys for the women.