Porter Airline flight cancelled due to child refusing to fasten seatbelt

VICTORIA — Porter Airlines says a flight was cancelled after a child refused to buckle up.

An airline spokesman says in an email that its plane left the terminal in Victoria on Thursday and was headed to the runway for departure to Toronto, but a young child was standing in their seat and would not secure their seatbelt.

The email says attempts by a parent and crew to address the situation were unsuccessful.

The aircraft could not take off in what Porter called an unsafe situation, so the crew elected to return to the terminal and have the two passengers disembark.