Sunwing Flight 772 took off for Panama City on Friday morning, but was only in the air for about 45 minutes before having to turn around and make an emergency landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
A photo snapped by a passenger shows RCMP aboard the Sunwing jet. (Alain Alphonso)
Sunwing officials say an "unruly passenger" was making threats, some of which concerned the security of the plane. Pilots activated their emergency response plan and returned to Toronto.
Two U.S. F16 fighter jets from Toledo, Ohio, were dispatched to escort the plane back to Toronto, North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) confirmed. The F16s flew with the commercial plane out of U.S. airspace to Toronto as a "precaution."
The RCMP took the lead on the investigation once the plane landed at Pearson at 8:55 a.m.
When the plane landed, a passenger on the plane said five or six officers with guns drawn boarded the plane and removed the unruly passenger.
The passenger was arrested by Peel police and is currently in custody.
The plane was most likely over West Virginia when it turned around.
There were 181 people, two infants, two pilots and four flight attendants on board.
Sunwing said the airline would get the passengers to Panama City later Friday.
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