A WestJet flight from Toronto to Jamaica turned back Monday after the airline said a passenger made an “unfounded claim regarding coronavirus.” WestJet said in a statement that 243 passengers aboard Flight 2702 were on their way to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay when the flight was disrupted by an ‘unruly guest.’

Passenger Julie-Anne Broderick says she and her family were concerned.

“We were just over Florida and all of a sudden we felt the plane do a pretty dramatic turn,” Broderick told CBC News.

“We were flying in the opposite direction all of a sudden and it said our final destination was back in Toronto. So, we were very confused and worried.”

She says she saw a man taking a selfie and telling passengers around him that he had the coronavirus.

“The flight attendants came, gave him a mask and gloves and just told him that he had to move to the back of the plane” she said.

WestJet said that “out of an abundance of caution,” the flight crew followed all protocols for infectious disease on board, including sequestering the man. When the plane returned to Toronto, law enforcement and paramedics were waiting.

The captain informed passengers that, because of the incident, they couldn’t land in Jamaica or the US and had to return to Toronto.

The airline said flights 2702 and 2703 were cancelled as a result of the incident, but two additional flights were scheduled Tuesday morning to make up for it, one leaving Toronto and one returning from Montego Bay.

The company declined to comment further on the incident, citing the police investigation.

Peel regional police said a 29-year-old man from Thornhill, Ont., has been charged with mischief in connection with the incident. His name has not been publicly released, but police said he is due in court March 9.