Flights at one of Canada's busiest airports were briefly suspended Tuesday after federal police received a report of a small, hijacked plane, officials said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the western province of British Columbia said they received a report of a Cessna 172 "hijacked in the Vancouver Island area and entering airspace near the city's international airport." "The suspect was the sole occupant of the plane," the statement added.
The plane landed in Vancouver and "the suspect was arrested without incident," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said, declining to provide further details.
Images published by public broadcaster CBC show the small white Cessna surrounded by security vehicles on a runway after landing. The plane was operated by a flying club in Victoria, the provincial capital on Vancouver Island.
The international airport said nine incoming flights were diverted during the incident and that a temporary suspension of operations was ordered throughout the airport in the west coast city.
(Unioneonline)
