An Air India flight made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, Northern Canada following an online bomb threat.
Flight #AI127 was en route from New Delhi to Chicago, when it took the precautionary measure of landing at Iqaluit Airport, according to a written statement from Air India.
The Boeing 777-300ER (registration VT-ALM) landed on runway 34 at YFB Airport, 300km (186 miles) north of the Arctic circle, after 11 hours and 26 minutes into the flight.
All the 211 passengers and crew disembarked the aircraft around 5:20am and were relocated to Iqaluit International Airport.
As the incident happened in Nunavut, Cpl. George Henrie said local authorities will be investigating the bomb threat.
The aircraft and the passengers are being re-screened as per the laid down security protocols.
Air India said it received a number of bomb threats in recent days.
“Though all have subsequently been found to be hoaxes, as a responsible airline operator, all threats are taken seriously,” said the company.
It said it’s considering legal action against the “perpetrators of such threats to ensure that they are held accountable for the disruption and inconvenience caused to passengers” and to recover damages to the airline.
