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Air India flight makes emergency landing in Iqaluit after online threat

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Oct, 2024 09:53 AM

An Air India flight made an emergency landing this morning in Nunavut following a security threat posted online.

RCMP say Air India Flight 127 was en route from New Delhi to Chicago, but landed instead at the Iqaluit International Airport at 5:21 a.m.

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The police force says in a news release all 211 passengers and crew were relocated to the airport.

Air India says it and other airlines have been subject to "a number of threats" in recent days, adding that all of them have later been found to be hoaxes.

The airline says the emergency landing was a precautionary measure and the aircraft and passengers are being re-screened.

Indian media reported Monday that another Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was rerouted to Delhi following a bomb threat online.

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