Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat

An Air India plane bound for Chicago has made an abrupt landing in the Arctic city of Iqaluit, after a false bomb threat. The emergency stop before sunrise on Tuesday, came less than a day after Canada and India expelled senior diplomats in a widening feud between the two countries.The flight’s 211 crew and passengers disembarked at the Iqaluit airport some 300km (186 miles) north of the Arctic circle, the Royal Canadian Mounted police said in a news release. According to local media in Iqaluit, an “unspecified bomb threat from a person in India to Air India” was relayed to the flight’s captain.In a statement posted on X, the carrier said: “The aircraft and the passengers are being re-screened as per the laid down security protocols. Air India has activated agencies at the airport to assist the passengers until such time that their journey can resume.”

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Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat

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