WINNIPEG -- RCMP have arrested two people after a flight from London, England to Los Cabos had to be diverted to Winnipeg.
Manitoba RCMP said it was informed around 11:45 a.m. that a plane was landing at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport due to an unruly passenger.
The plane landed at 12:03 p.m. and officers met the plane at the gate. RCMP said once officers were onboard, they arrested a man from the United Kingdom, for allegedly causing a disturbance. RCMP added he is also facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
RCMP said they were called back to plane after the first arrest for another unruly passenger, who was not connected to the man.
Officers arrested a woman, also from the U.K., for allegedly causing a disturbance.
Tyler MacAfee, a spokesperson for the Winnipeg Airport Authority, said everyone else on the flight was taken off the plane.
"They took the passengers off the plane and they've put them up at hotels in the city, as I understand it," said MacAfee, adding they are expected to leave at some point on Friday.
On Friday, RCMP laid charges against the two passengers.
Ben James Iontton, 25, from the U.K. has been charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft, uttering threats, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace, assaulting a police officer and mischief over $5,000.
Natalie Louise Walker, 34, from the U.K. has been charged with mischief over $5,000 and disturbing the peace.
The charges against them have not been proven in court.
Both people remain in custody.
