plane 's crew later today . `` The hijacking is that from a mentally challenged youngster and not anything that would be of concern in terms of an international incident , '' Vaz said . The suspect gained access to the plane Sunday night through the terminal in `` a breach of security '' that `` will be investigated , '' Deputy Police Commissioner Owen Ellington told CNN . The gunman fired a shot in the boarding bridge as he entered , said CanJet Airlines Vice President Kent Woodside . No one was hit . CanJet Flight 918 was carrying 174 passengers and eight crew members , Woodside said . All the passengers were Canadian , he said . The suspect took an undisclosed number of passengers and crew members hostage before releasing all the passengers and two crew members , said Elizabeth Scotton , a spokeswoman for the company that manages the airport . Two of the six crew members who remained inside the plane Monday locked themselves in the cockpit , Vaz said . The suspect 's father and Golding , who flew in by helicopter , were among those who negotiated with the gunman before his capture
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Troops in Jamaica captured an armed man Monday who had barged onto a Canadian airliner , robbed passengers and held six crew members hostage , Jamaica Information Minister Daryl Vaz said . A hostage-taker commandeered a CanJet flight at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay , Jamaica . The crew members were not harmed , Vaz said . The hijacking suspect , described as a `` mentally challenged '' man in his 20s , had demanded that the Boeing 737 be flown to Cuba . The military captured him around 7 a.m. local time . The FBI helped Jamaican authorities handle the situation at the Jamaican government 's request , a U.S. government source told CNN . The CanJet flight from Halifax , Canada , had made a scheduled landing at Sangster International Airport in the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay and was scheduled to continue to Santa Clara , Cuba . Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper , who was in Jamaica , told reporters that he planned to travel to Montego Bay to meet with Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding . Harper has been following the airplane security breach and may meet with the