A plane from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Montreal was delayed for three hours Tuesday night after a report of a bomb.
A passenger on board Air Canada Rouge flight AC 1609 reported that a woman made a joke to an Air Canada employee about an explosive inside a bag in an overhead bin.
The bomb squad was called in and the plane was evacuated.
It was determined there was no threat, but only after security dogs combed through the plane and the baggage was analyzed.
Air Canada says the woman was removed from the flight and detained by police for making an unfounded threat.
With files from CTV Montreal