A Toronto man is under police custody after he allegedly tried to open the door of an airplane while it flew over the Dominican Republic toward Toronto on Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly after a planned stop in Barbados to pick up more passengers, a reportedly claustrophobic passenger on Skyservice Airlines flight 828 attempted to open the plane door. The flight originated in Grenada.
The passenger was restrained by other passengers and members of the Boeing 757's crew. No weapons were used and no one was injured.
The crew was forced to land the plane in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, where the agitated passenger was taken into custody by the local authorities.
The rest of the plane's 200 passengers -- mainly tourists who had purchased Caribbean vacation packages -- spent the night in Punta Cana.
They are expected to arrive in Toronto on Wednesday, says a Skyservice representative, adding the flight was delayed overnight in order to bring in a fresh crew.
The Peel Region Police Service says it plans to investigate the incident, as the Toronto airport is in its jurisdiction.
Skyservice is a Canada-based charter airline that flies to destinations in the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe.
