US fighter jets escort plane back to Toronto

TORONTO (WLS) -- A SWAT team burst onto a passenger jet at Toronto's Pearson Airport after the Sun Wing Airlines plane had been escorted there by two U.S. F-16 fighter jets.

Officials say an agitated passenger directly threatened the aircraft as it flew over West Virginia, bound for Panama City, Fla.

The passenger, a 25-year-old man was arrested and is now charged with several felonies.