A man and woman were arrested in Winnipeg on Thursday after the plane they were on was diverted to the city.
The Winnipeg Airport Authority confirmed one person was first taken away by RCMP Thursday after TUI Flight BY32 from London, U.K. heading to Los Cabos, Mexico landed in Winnipeg at 11:55 a.m.
A 25-year-old man from the U.K. was arrested for causing a disturbance and is facing additional charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, RCMP say.
But the plane did not immediately take off again for Mexico after the man’s arrest.
Mounties say they were called back shortly after to the reports of yet another passenger who was being unruly.
In a release later in the day Thursday RCMP said a 34-year-old female passenger also from the U.K, was arrested for causing a disturbance.
Police say she is unrelated to the man who was originally arrested, and both remain in custody.
Winnipeg Airport Authority spokesperson Tyler MacAfee tells Global News the rest of the passengers will spend the night in Winnipeg.
“They have unloaded the passengers and are sending them to a local hotel,” he said.
Witness tells Global News there were several RCMP cruisers and a border patrol vehicle at the James A. Richardson International Airport.
There were no injuries reported in the incident.
-With files from Diana Foxall
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