A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Phoenix Monday evening after a ‘dispute’ between two passengers, according to police.
The plane, bound for Columbus, Ohio, had to return to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after taking off because of a ‘reported altercation on board,’ a Southwest spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Data from Southwest’s flight tracker show that the plane took off at 6:50pm PT, then arrived back at Phoenix’s airport at 8:42pm PT.
Phoenix police officers assigned to the airport were called to the gate of the flight shortly before 9pm when they got word of the dispute.
Cops said neither passenger was cooperative with the criminal investigation. One passenger was removed from the plan before take off.
No arrests were made, and police are continuing to investigate.
The flight eventually departed from Phoenix at 9:44pm local time and is now set to touch down in Columbus at 3:17am ET.
This incident is the latest reported snag in what experts are already believe will be a record year for holiday travel.
A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Phoenix Monday evening after a ‘dispute’ between two passengers. No arrests were made but the two passengers were uncooperative with Phoenix police
AAA projected earlier this month that 119.3 million people will travel 50 miles or more from December 21 to January 1, breaking the previous record set in 2019 by 64,000 travelers (Pictured: Travelers wait at the check-in counter for Southwest at Denver International Airport on December 19)
AAA projected earlier this month that 119.3 million people will travel 50 miles or more from December 21 to January 1, breaking the previous record set in 2019 by 64,000 travelers.
Nearly 4.5 million people are expected to fly during that time period, which wasn’t as much as the Thanksgiving holiday that saw about 5.8 million fliers.
TSA expects to screen about 40 million passengers nationwide between this past weekend and January 2.
One of the worst places to be this weekend if you were flying was Boston’s Logan International Airport, which had more than 500 flight delays Friday due to snow and ice, CBS reported.
Saturday morning saw an additional 70 delays and 85 cancellations. There was also heavy traffic surrounding the airport and long lines inside at bag drops and security checkpoints.
According to the National Weather Service, Logan Airport received more than five inches of snow on Friday.
Pictured: Fog delayed flights at San Diego International Airport over the weekend
Pictured: Long lines Monday night at a Delta gate in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City
This weekend in San Diego, travelers were frustrated by delays caused by thick fog. By Monday, however, the conditions improved.
‘In San Diego, obviously we’re blessed with good weather, but the fog doesn’t cooperate sometimes and that really caused a lot of the delays,’ said San Diego Airport Authority public information officer, Fernando Alcala.
Alcala told Fox 5 San Diego that he doesn’t expect more delays into the middle of next week.
One social media user posted a picture on Monday night that showed a long line of Delta Air Lines passengers supposedly stranded at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
‘Hundreds stranded like us at JFK airport thanks to @delta. This is just a fraction of the line after waiting for 2 hrs for a miserable voucher. It’s the slowest line I’ve ever seen,’ he wrote.