Child who prompted Porter Airline flight cancellation not at fault, passenger says

August 11, 2026By Elissa Mendes, The Canadian PressA Porter plane taxis down the runway at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickThe child whose refusal to buckle up prompted the cancellation of a Porter Airlines flight last week was “obviously terrified” and should not be blamed, says a passenger who was on the plane bound for Toronto. Then, he heard an overhead announcement reminding passengers that obeying flight attendants’ instructions is required by law. Flight attendants Kozuch chatted with told him they hadn’t seen anything like the child’s refusal across their decades of experience, he said. Porter said other passengers had to wait for another flight the next day, and the airline has apologized to those travellers.