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A plane departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport was grounded Thursday morning after a fake bomb was found inside a suitcase.
U.S Customs and Border Protection say they found a mock Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an inspection of a traveller’s suitcase at the Toronto Preclearance Facility.
58 year old Joseph Galaska was escorted off the flight shortly after boarding. He has been charged with mischief and will appear in a Brampton court at a later date.
The traveller was scheduled on United Airlines Flight 547 from Toronto to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Officers notified Canadian Air Transport Security Authority who “swabbed the mock IED for explosives with a negative result.”
Passengers were forced to deplane after being stranded on the tarmac for roughly four hours.
Normal operations resumed after Customs Border Protection conducted a joint inspection of the aircraft and re-screened all travellers and baggage
