A woman who accompanied Ali Shahi, the 25-year-old who allegedly made threats against a Sunwing flight, criticized the police response to the incident in an exclusive interview with Global News.

The father of a 25-year-old passenger removed from a Sunwing flight today for allegedly threatening the plane said his son suffers from depression and he’s tried for years to get him help.

A Sunwing flight was forced to turn back to Toronto's Pearson International Airport while over West Virginia after a passenger on board made a “direct threat” against the plane, according to a Sunwing spokesperson.