An accidental 'customs breach' causes long lineups in Toronto Pearson's Terminal 3

An accidental "customs breach" atPearson airport Wednesdayafternoon causeda long delay for passengers at U.S. customsin Terminal 3.

AWestJetplane flying in from Calgaryoffloaded its passengers accidentally onto the U.S. side by an open bypass door.Guests then needed to clear U.S. customs and return to the Canadian side.

For security reasons, U.S. custom services were suspended in Terminal 3, resulting in long lineupsfor boarding passengers.

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"A customs breach occurred at Terminal 3, US Departures at15:36when passengers arriving from an inbound domestic flight were inadvertently given access to a bypass door to the US departures area," said BeverlyMacDonald, a Toronto Pearson spokesperson.

"In order to ensure the security of departing flights, boarding was held while the situation was investigated and some passengers to be reprocessed through U.S. Customs," she said.

Police received a calljust after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, said Const. Harinder Sohi.

WestJetspokesperson Lauren Stewart said the plane was an inboundflight from Calgary.

The breach was resolved just after 5 p.m. and passengers were able to board their planes.