Forced landing at Wonderboom Airport

Passengers on a flight from Cape Town are being held on an aircraft at Wonderboom Airport, awaiting the arrival of police.

A flight from Cape Town was forced to land at Wonderboom Airport after a passenger became so unruly he had to be restrained.

Social media is abuzz with claims that the incident was in fact a hijacking, but this was strongly denied by the metro, which owns and operates the airport.

According to Tshwane metro spokesperson Blessing Manale, claims that the situation at Wonderboom Airport was a hijacking, was untrue.

“It is purely a matter of a restraint of a passenger,” Manale said.

It is understood that the passenger had to be restrained by cabin attendants before the plane landed at Wonderboom.