Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat

NEW DELHI: The latest in a string of hoax bomb threats made to Indian airlines forced an Air India plane to make an emergency landing in Canada, the airline said on Tuesday.The passenger aircraft, flying from India´s capital New Delhi to Chicago, was the subject of “a security threat posted online” and as a “precautionary measure” has landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada, Air India said.

The aircraft and passengers were being “re-screened as per the laid down security protocol,” the company said.

“Air India notes that it, and other local airlines, have been subject to a number of threats in recent days”,it added.