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- Report of hijacked small plane grounds flights at Canada airport</p>
<p>CBSNewsJuly 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM</p>
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<p>Travel at one of Canada's busiest airports was briefly halted Tuesday after federal police received a report that a small plane had been hijacked, officials said.</p>
<p>Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the western Canadian province of British Columbia said that at 1:10 p.m. local time they received a report that a Cessna 172 "had been hijacked from the Vancouver Island area and was entering into airspace near Vancouver International Airport."</p>
<p>"The suspect was the sole occupant of the aircraft," the statement added.</p>
<p>In a recording of air traffic control posted to liveatc.net, an official can be heard stating: "We have an incident right above our airspace here — a hijacked 172," the Vancouver Sun reported.</p>
<p>The plane landed in Vancouver at 1:45 p.m. and the "suspect was arrested without incident," the RCMP said, declining to provide further details.</p>
<p>Images published by public broadcaster CBC and video shared online show the small white Cessna surrounded by security vehicles on a runway after landing in Vancouver.</p>
<p>The CBC reported the Cessna was operated by a flying club in Victoria, the provincial capital located on Vancouver Island.</p>
<p>Witness Paul Heeney told the CBC that he was driving when he noticed a small plane flying low and banking to the right.</p>
<p>"A few minutes later, we saw a second pass ... the plane was making a big clockwise circle," he said.</p>
<p>Vancouver International Airport said in a statement that nine inbound flights were diverted during the incident with a temporary halt to operations ordered across the airport in the West Coast city. Flights were grounded for 39 minutes.</p>
<p>Airport head of communications Stephen Smart told the CBC that it "could have lasted a lot longer."</p>
<p>"This is not something that we would experience on a regular basis," Smart said</p>
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