Description: CHAOS BREAKS OUT AT AIRPORT IN FORT LAUDERDALE AFTER FLIGHTS CANCELED... Flight cancellations by Spirit Airlines due to labor issues with the carrier's pilot's union led to chaos among irate passengers Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Video posted to social media showed upset passengers confronting airline employees as Broward Sheriff's deputies were onhand attempting to keep order in the terminal after at least nine flights were canceled. Miramar-based Spirit blamed the flight cancellations on labor negotiations with its pilots. "We are shocked and saddened to see the videos of what took place at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport this evening" Spirit said in a statement. "This is a result of unlawful labor activity by some Spirit pilots designed to disrupt Spirit operations for our customers by canceling multiple flilghts across our network" the statement said. According to the online travel site Skift Spirit filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami on Monday accusing its pilots of taking "an unlawful job action."
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