The FAA is investigating after six people were hospitalized following an incident on an American Airlines flight to Hawaii on Saturday.
An Air Canada plane was diverted and delayed 3 hours after a 16-year-old assaulted a family member midflight, police say
09.01.2024 - 18:40 / insider.com
An Air Canada flight was diverted on Wednesday after a 16-year-old boy assaulted a family member, the police said.
Flight AC137 from Toronto to Calgary, Alberta, was diverted to Winnipeg, Manitoba, just over an hour into the journey, according to Flightradar24.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it received a report about an unruly passenger at about 12:20 p.m.
It said an investigation determined a 16-year-old from Alberta "assaulted an adult male passenger who was identified as a family member."
The police said airline employees and fellow passengers restrained the boy. They added that he was arrested and taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, while the family member was "treated on scene for minor physical injuries."
Flightradar24 data shows the Airbus A321 took off from Winnipeg at 2:47 p.m., meaning it was on the ground for just over two hours.
The flight landed in Calgary about three hours after it was initially scheduled to land.
Air Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside working hours.
Reports of unruly passenger behavior have been more frequent since the pandemic. The Federal Aviation Administration received 1,161 such reports in 2019, compared with over 2,000 last year. They've been decreasing since the aviation industry bounced back in 2021, when there were nearly 6,000 reports of unruly passengers.
Just under 1.2% of flights in 2023 were canceled, the lowest rate in a decade, according to the US Department of Transportation.
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