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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt

A white Porter Airlines jet is parked at a Montreal airport gate, with ground crew and equipment nearby
The airport was closed by the time the incident was resolved, forcing passengers to travel the following day. Photograph: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press/AP

A Canadian airline cancelled a flight from Victoria to Toronto after a child refused to wear a seatbelt.

The child was standing in their chair as the 6 August Porter Airlines flight taxied towards the runway, the airline said. Repeated attempts by an accompanying parent and crew to secure the child in their seat failed, so the crew elected to return to the terminal and have the two passengers disembark as “the aircraft could not take off in this unsafe condition”, it added.

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