Teen Arrested After In-Air Assault Caused Calgary-Bound Flight to Divert to Winnipeg

An “unruly” teen has been arrested in connection with an assault aboard an Air Canada flight, an incident that forced the plane to make an unscheduled stop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, RCMP said. The flight was en route from Toronto to Calgary on Jan. 3, when a teenage passenger assaulted a relative aboard the same flight, the RCMP said in a press release. Airline employees and passengers were able to restrain the youth following the altercation. Air Canada Flight No. 137 touched down at Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport at approximately 12:20 p.m., the RCMP said. A 16-year-old boy from Grande Prairie, Alberta, was subsequently arrested by RCMP officers and was taken to hospital for “medical evaluation.” The name of the youth cannot be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act....