Flight cancelled, passengers stranded after child refuses to wear seatbelt

Flight cancelled, passengers stranded after child refuses to wear seatbelt The incident has also prompted a wider discussion about parenting and how strictly parents should enforce safety rules when travelling with children.

While passengers had to wait until the following day to continue their journey, Porter Airlines maintained that allowing the aircraft to depart with an unrestrained child would have created an unacceptable safety risk."The aircraft could not take off in this unsafe condition," Porter Airlines said, explaining that the crew decided to return to the terminal and have the child and accompanying passenger disembark.