A Porter Airlines flight in Canada was cancelled after a young child refused to sit down and buckle up, forcing the plane back to the terminal and delaying it past the airport's runway closure.

By the time the parent and child disembarked it was past 12:30 a.m. when the airport runway closes for the night.

A Porter Airlines flight from Victoria to Toronto was cancelled when a child refused to fasten their seatbelt.

A fellow passenger says the child was frightened rather than badly behaved