Air India’s Delhi-Chicago flight diverted to Canada following bomb threat

“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 said

Air India’s Delhi to Chicago flight AI 127 was diverted to Iqaluit airport in Canada following a bomb threat on Tuesday (October 15, 2024), on a day there were similar threats for at least five others flights yet again. They were all declared hoax after screening the planes.

“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 their journey can resume,” Air India said in a press statement.

There were also threats received for Akasa’s Bagdogra to Bengaluru flight QP 1373, Air India Express’s Jaipur to Ayodhya flight and SpiceJet’s Darbhanga to Mumbai flight.

Threats were sent through X and e-mail, said a source of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

On Monday (October 16, 2024) too, there were similar bomb threats issued to an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York and two other international flights of IndiGo originating from Mumbai. These too were declared to be hoaxes by the security agencies.

Air India, which has faced these threats on two consecutive days on its long-haul international flights, said in the statement that it will consider legal action against those responsible for the hoax threats to recover damages incurred by the airline.

Akasa Air said that the Bagdogra flight landed in Bengaluru at 1.40pm, and the aircraft was released for flight operations after security checks and screening. SpiceJet’s aircraft was also cleared for flights by security teams, the airline said.

Published - October 15, 2024 05:48 pm IST