MIAMI -- Authorities said a fight broke out on board a flight arriving at Miami International Airport on Wednesday morning.

American Airlines Flight 918 was en route to Miami from Lima, Peru, when, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a 56-year-old Japanese man and a 20-year-old man got into an altercation.

The FBI said that about two hours before the flight was scheduled to land, the Japanese man elbowed the passenger sitting next to him. Federal authorities said the Japanese man didn't think the passenger should be using an iPod in flight and complained that he smelled. He then poured perfume on the man, poured water on himself and vomited in the aisle, authorities said.

"(Flight attendants) were able to basically keep both apart for the remainder of the flight," said Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Nelda Fonticella. "Once they got here, the crew did notify Miami-Dade police."

When the plane arrived at Gate D-43 shortly before 6 a.m., police greeted both men.

No charges were filed, but authorities said American Airlines denied boarding the Japanese man a day earlier because he had been behaving strangely.