(CHICAGO) A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Midway International Airport diverted to Amarillo, Texas late Monday after about 10 passengers got into a fight and wouldn’t listen to the flight crew.
Flight 1522 from San Diego to Chicago made the unscheduled stop at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport after the passengers, who were traveling together, “became disorderly and, subsequently, refused to obey instructions from the crew,” Southwest spokesman Brian Parrish said.
Amarillo police said roughly 10 people were involved in a fight onboard the plane.
Authorities met the plane when it landed in Texas and subsequently detained six passengers, who were booked into Randall County Jail on suspicion of interference with a flight crew, according to Amarillo police.
Six other members of the group chose to deplane and remained in Amarillo, Parrish said.
The flight eventually continued to Midway and landed without further incident, Parrish said.
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