(CNN) – Two Spirit Airlines agents were injured and one was admitted to hospital after a dispute over handbags with three passengers became violent on Sunday, according to a Spirit Airlines spokesman.
Flight 646 from Detroit to Atlanta was on board when agents asked passengers to verify that their bags were the right size for the plane, Spirit Airlines spokesman Field Sutton told CNN.
According to Sutton, the passengers then became ‘combative’, and the agents’ tried to calmly defuse the situation, but were physically assaulted by these passengers when they closed a door to prevent them from getting on the plane.
“This violent behavior is completely unacceptable and has absolutely no place in airports or any other place of operation,” Sutton said.
“All of us at Spirit wish the agents a speedy recovery and thank them for their courage and professionalism.”
According to spokeswoman Lisa Gass, the Wayne County Airport Authority police station arrested two people and a third person was quoted and released.
All three passengers will be banned from traveling with the airline in the future, Sutton said.