波特航空公司8月6日取消了从维多利亚飞往多伦多的一班航班，原因是机上一名儿童拒绝系安全带[1]。该儿童在飞机滑行前往跑道时站在座椅上，机组人员和家长进行了多次劝阻但均未成功[1]。
机组代言人Brad Cicero表示，"飞机无法在这种不安全的状况下起飞"[1]。最终全部乘客被要求下机[1]。乘客在飞机上停留了约一小时，直到晚上11:30左右才下机[1]。由于处理事件和重新整理文件所需的时间，飞机无法赶在机场午夜12:30关闭前起飞[1]。所有受影响乘客被改签至次日航班[1]。
乘客Aryeh Kozuch评价称，"这是一个和150个人一起被困在密闭空间里的儿童……他们显然都非常害怕"[1]。
Porter Airlines cancelled a flight from Victoria to Toronto on August 6 after a child refused to fasten their seatbelt during taxiing to the runway [1]. The child stood on their seat despite repeated intervention attempts by crew members and the child's parents [1]. As a result, all passengers were instructed to disembark from the aircraft [1].
The delay caused by addressing the situation and processing documentation prevented the plane from taking off before the airport's midnight closure [1]. Passengers remained on board for approximately one hour until around 11:30 p.m. [1]. According to a Porter Airlines spokesperson Brad Cicero, "the aircraft could not take off in this unsafe condition" [1]. All affected passengers were rebooked on flights the following day [1].
Passenger Aryeh Kozuch described the ordeal as distressing, stating, "This was a child that was in a tube with 150 people … They're obviously terrified" [1]. Another passenger, Hillary Hertzberg, commented that the situation "took for ever" [1].