New York flight canceled after stewardesses get into fistfight

The flight was operated by Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines.

The spat erupted just as Delta Connection Flight 887 returned to the gate Thursday morning after a passenger became ill.

A passenger, Steve Mazur said the two female attendants "got into a fistfight on the plane. The pilot decided to kick everyone off the plane.”

“They told us we had to get off the plane because stewardesses were fighting,” another passenger, Corey Minton added.

Pinnacle's spokesperson, Joe Williams told reporters there was no physical contact and he didn't know the reason for what he termed a "verbal disagreement."

Williams said the flight attendants will be suspended from the job until an internal investigation is completed.