Women In Physical Combat Inside The Plane

Fracas broke out after two apparently drunk passengers turned on a "boombox" as Spirit Airlines flight 141 from Baltimore landed at its destination in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Chaos erupted on a US transcontinental flight as a group of women began brawling in an altercation over loud music.

Footage captured on mobile phone shows passengers pulling hair and at least one punch being thrown in the free-for-all.

Others fliers asked the women to turn the volume down, but they refused, according to reports.

Spirit Airlines spokesman Paul Berry told the Los Angeles Times one of the women challenged the complainers, saying: "What are you going to do?"

They began waving the "boombox" in the air to taunt the other passengers, he added.

Flight attendants and passengers were able to quickly break up the fight, witnesses said.

No one was seriously hurt.

Airport police and the FBI also arrived on the scene.

The women were taken off the plane.

Los Angeles airport officer Rob Pedregon said the women were involved in a "mutual combat situation".