A man has been charged with hijacking one day after an incident which saw flights grounded at Vancouver's airport for a little under an hour.

A stolen private plane caused a temporary shutdown of the airspace over Vancouver International Airport, one the busiest in Canada, on Tuesday. We do have an aircraft that has been hijacked and is in the vicinity of the airport,

A man who allegedly seized a light aircraft in Victoria, setting off a security scare at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday, has been charged with hijacking and terrorism offences.