Delta Airline flight makes emergency landing over fighting air hostesses

A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis reportedly made an emergency landing in Utah because two female flight attendants/ air hostesses got into a fist fight at 37,000 feet. The Boeing 757 was south of Salt Lake City when the fist fight broke out between Delta employees servicing the flight. The pilot asked air traffic control for a diversion to Salt Lake City because he “wanted to hear from his flight attendants,” according to reports. Delta Air Lines Flight 2598 then diverted to Salt Lake City and safely landed.

A third staff member tried to break it up, but ended up getting punched herself, at which point she informed the captain of what was happening. Passengers were forced to sit on board the plane for 80 minutes before continuing their flight once again – without the quarrelling staff members.

“Some of our team members did not display their best behavior,” airline bosses wrote in a letter of apology sent to all passengers after the flight… We expect our flight crew to be nothing but courteous and professional at all times and what you experienced was far from that.”

It’s not the first time airline staff have ended up having an in-flight fight.

In September 2012, two flight attendants with United Airlines ended up arguing in front of passengers over a shared jump seat. Only thirty minutes into the journey, the captain turned the plane around, and the flight attendants were removed before the plane set off once again, Flyers Pulse reported.

Two replacement flight attendants had to be found for an American Airlines flight the same month, after the two rostered staff members were kicked off the flight for having “an altercation” over a mobile phone.