A 29-year-old man has been charged with mischief after a passenger on a Jamaica-bound flight allegedly made a false claim about coronavirus.
WestJet says Flight 2702 was on its way to Montego Bay yesterday when it was disrupted by an "unruly guest."
It says the flight crew followed all protocols for infectious diseases as a precaution, and the plane headed back to Toronto.
Peel regional police say a man from Thornhill was arrested in connection with the incident and is due in court March 9th.
The airline says two additional flights were scheduled this morning to make up for the incident — one leaving Toronto and one returning from Montego Bay.