Tempers flared Sunday night after nine Spirit Airlines flights were canceled in South Florida, causing frustrated passengers to demand answers.
Some passengers said they were told pilots were on strike, but airline officials say storms in different parts of the country affected crew assignments.
The passengers were originally flying out of Fort Lauderdale on Spirit Airlines, but they were taken by bus to PBIA because of the cancellations.
When they got to PBIA, they said they were still unable to get a flight out of town.
Some of the passengers said they would have to sleep at Palm Beach International Airport Sunday night because they were stranded by the canceled flights.
"Even if I wanted to stay another night here, my hotel is an hour and a half away, so I'm pretty much living here today. A train ride is 18 hours, so I feel kind of hopeless a little," said stranded passenger Khadejah Horn.
Spirit Airlines said the original flight cancellations were due to a lack of crews and not any kind of work stoppage.
