Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago makes emergency landing in Canada over ‘security threat’ [Video]

08:37 EDT 15 Oct 2024, updated 09:49 EDT 15 Oct 2024

An Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago has made an emergency landing in Canada over a security threat.

The Boing 777 was diverted to the Iqaluit International airport in Nunavut on Tuesday after the airline received a bomb threat via social media.

Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft while a bomb disposal unit examined the plane. 

The airline said in a statement: ‘Flight AI127 operating from Delhi to Chicago on October 15, 2024, was the subject of a security threat posted online, and as a precautionary measure, had landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. 

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‘The aircraft and passengers are being re-screened as per the laid down security protocol.

‘Air India has activated agencies at the airport to assist the passengers until such time that their journey can resume.’

The airline noted that other airlines have received similar threats in recent …