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A man under court order not to have a weapon allegedly tried to pull out a pistol while fighting to escape the clutches of police.

The man ran away when he was confronted by officers on Joseph St., in the Weston Rd.-Lawrence Ave. area, around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday, police said Thursday.

He reportedly swung at an officer who nabbed him, and broke free several times.

During the struggle, the suspect allegedly tried to reach for his gun, police said.

Other officers arrived and helped in the arrest, Const. Tony Vella said.

A loaded Glock 9mm handgun was seized along with a magazine with ammunition and a quantity of marijuana, police said.

Sean Wright, 25, of Toronto, is facing assault to resist arrest, and weapons and drug charges.

Peel Regional Police Const. Samantha Nulle said officers assisted the airline with the complaint, meeting the two passengers at the gate when they were taken off the plane.

Investigators found no criminal offence had taken place, she said.

Nulle said she couldn’t confirm the two were watching 9/11 scenes.

“The two were cleared of all allegations and set out on the next flight,” she said.

The terror video scare wasn’t the only delay on the flight that night.

Passengers were told missing baggage was delaying the plane’s takeoff even before they were told there would be a further delay due to the “security problem.”

After the two passengers were taken off the plane, it was going to takeoff but was then aborted due to mechanical issues.

Passengers were finally switched to another plane and the flight continued to Orlando.

A CBC employee, one of three CBC staffers and several other journalists on the plane heading to Florida to cover the Black story, commented he’d “never been on a flight like this.”

Passenger Mike Berrouard, a Toronto businessman, told Warmington the whole ordeal was “scary.”

“That was definitely the strangest flight of my career,” he said.