Air Canada flight 8705: Facebook message leads to fear of a hijacked plane [Video]

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A local woman’s online relationship allegedly caused chaos at CVG because she thought an Air Canada flight had been hijacked.

On Jan. 19, the passengers on Air Canada flight 8705 from Toronto were confused as law enforcement surrounded and then followed their plane after landing.

Hamilton County coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco was on the flight.

She said her heart was racing as people tried to figure out what was happening.

“We had to evacuate the plane and everything because of a possible threat,” a responding officer is heard saying on video.

Sammarco was about to land at CVG when she noticed something unusual.

“I looked over to the right and saw eight or nine law enforcement vehicles with all their lights on on the taxiway next to the runway and I thought, ‘Hmm, I wonder what’s going on,‘” Sammarco explained.

The Hamilton County coroner assumed it had something to do with Vice President JD Vance since Inauguration …