NEW DELHI: The newest in a string of hoax bomb threats made to Indian airways pressured an Air India airplane to make an emergency touchdown in Canada, the airline stated on Tuesday (Oct 15).
The passenger plane, flying from India’s capital New Delhi to Chicago, was the topic of “a safety menace posted on-line” and as a “precautionary measure” has landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada, Air India stated.
The plane and passengers had been being “re-screened as per the laid down safety protocol”, the corporate stated.
“Air India notes that it, and different native airways, have been topic to various threats in latest days,” it added.
“Although all have subsequently been discovered to be hoaxes, as a accountable airline operator all threats are taken severely.”
Indian media reported that an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was diverted mid-air to New Delhi after a false alert on Monday.
Related hoaxes had been acquired by India’s low-cost operator IndiGo concerning two flights that had been to take off – to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and to Muscat in Oman, based on Indian media.
