TORONTO (CTV/CNN) -- A 48-year-old Canadian man is in custody after two
U.S. fighter jets escorted a Panama-bound flight back to Toronto on
Friday.
The Sunwing plane was forced to turn around when a passenger said he wanted to bomb Canada, eyewitnesses reported.
Flight
772 departed from Toronto at 7 a.m. Friday, heading toward Panama City
with 181 passengers, two infants and a crew of six on board.
Passenger
Bettina Bathe told CTV Toronto the incident unfolded not long after
takeoff when a flight attendant came by to pass out headsets.
"He
basically just tore a strip off her, explaining how expensive the
cigarettes are here in Canada, he hates Canada," Bathe said.
"Then he said, with great expression using his hands, 'I just want to bomb Canada.'"
Following
procedure, the flight was then diverted back to Toronto's Pearson
International Airport, about 45 minutes into the flight, escorted by two
fighter jets.
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