Flight attendants fist fight on plane

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNN/YNN ROCHESTER) - Bad weather wasn't the only thing slowing travelers down Thursday in New York. Passengers on a Delta Connection flight out of Rochester were delayed after two female flight attendants got into a fight on board the plane.

Dozens of frustrated passengers were forced off the flight and had to make alternative travel plans.

"Apparently, they got into a fist fight on the plane and the pilot decided to kick everybody off the plane," said one air traveler. "They told us we had to get off the plane because stewardesses were fighting."

Dozens of passengers on the Delta flight from Rochester to Atlanta were left to scramble to make other plans.

"You had someone who was getting married and was supposed to be in Cancun. There was a couple that was supposed to be on a cruise ship. Non-refundable. They left crying," said another traveler.

The flight was a Delta connector flight operated by Pinnacle Airlines. A spokesman for Pinnacle says the flight attendants will be kept off-duty, pending an investigation.

"The acts described are not acceptable," said Joe Williams, a spokesman for Memphis-based Pinnacle.

Hours after the flight, some passengers were till trying to find a way to get to where they had to go. But with a storm looming, some passengers said they knew there was a chance they'd be delayed, but not for this reason.

A spokesman described the fight as a "little" argument that started as the plane was returning to the gate after a passenger complained of panic attacks.