RCMP Seek Charges Against 10 ‘Unruly’ Passengers Ejected From Vancouver Flight

Pilots taxi a WestJet Boeing 737-700 aircraft to the runway for departure from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on May 19, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Police are now recommending charges against 10 passengers that officers had to remove from a Mexico-bound flight at Vancouver International Airport over the weekend.

Richmond RCMP responded to a report of “unruly passengers” aboard a WestJet aircraft on April 11 at approximately 7:30 a.m., the federal policing service said in a press release.