［Potok Philippe，本名詹姆斯·波托克（James Potok），在从多伦多到牙买加的WestJet飞机上大喊：他从湖南回来，而且带有“冠状病毒”；机组人员得知后，飞机被迫返程。Potok Philippe于周一被捕并被控恶作剧。由于这一事件，他的第二次飞行也被取消。］ 6park.com
WestJet passenger, 29, is arrested 
for 'yelling that he had coronavirus' in the middle of a flight
Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020 / Lifestyle
This is the shocking moment an Instagram star is escorted off a plane in a mask and gloves for allegedly yelling he had coronavirus as part of a prank to go viral. 6park.com
Potok Philippe, real name James Potok, was arrested and charged with mischief on Monday after crew on board the WestJet plane from Toronto to Jamaica were alerted to his actions and the jet was forced to turn back. A second flight was also cancelled as a result of the incident. 6park.com
The 28-year-old, from Vaughan, told City News 'it was simply a joke' after he told the 243 passengers: 'Can I get everybody’s attention please. I just came back from Hunan province, the capital of the coronavirus. I’m not feeling too well. Thank you'  6park.com
Potok, an aspiring musician who boasts more than 30,000 followers on Instagram, defended his actions, saying: 'It would be something else if I said hey guys I have a bomb strapped to me, I have a weapon on me, people blew it out of proportion. To me it was simply a joke. 6park.com
'About mid-way through the flight I stood up, pulled my video camera out – I was going to post it to Instagram, send it to 6ixbuzz so it goes viral.' 6park.com
Within 15 minutes later airline staff asked him to put a mask and gloves on.  6park.com
 Potok Philippe, real name James Potok, was charged with mischief on Monday. Crew gave him a mask and gloves and told him to move to the back of the plane, pictured 6park.com
 Potok added: 'I'm very, very sorry for my ignorance and not understanding that its an epidemic, that people hear the word and its become synonymous with threats. 6park.com
'I thought it would spark a reaction. I did not think what I was doing would be considered illegal [or] warrant that type of response. In retrospect it probably wasn’t the best thing to do.' 6park.com
Investigators from Peel Regional Police Airport Division Criminal Investigation Bureau confirmed Potok was assessed by medical staff upon arrival at Pearson Airport and deemed to be symptom free. 6park.com
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