Altercation Erupts Between Passenger, Flight Attendant

A Delta Connection flight from LaGuardia to Greensboro, NC was forced to make an unscheduled stop at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday after a passenger got upset because his apple juice was too slow in coming.

Around 5:00 pm, an altercation occurred between a male passenger, complaining about slow service, and the flight attendant who was preparing the drink, according to Fox News. 

The juice was reportedly requested for a crying child and the man "used profanity" and "threw the drink in an angry outburst" causing the flight attendant to feel threatened, according to Philadelphia CBS 3.

The passenger caused a big enough ruckus that the pilot chose to err on the side of caution and land at PHL to make sure the passenger sufficiently calmed down.

"The people I've talked to described it as a minor disturbance," said Jerri Williams, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia FBI division.

Williams told Fox News she didn't anticipate any arrests in the incident, but the station manager for Delta at Piedmont Triad International Airport, Tom Marzouk, told the News and Times that one person had been arrested.

The incident caused about 48 passengers to stay overnight in Philadelphia and sent Delta officials scrambling to rebook flights, according to Philadelphia CBS 3. 

FMI: www.delta.com, www.phl.org