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Air India bomb threat forces emergency landing in Nunavut

Flight was en route to Chicago
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Iqaluit's airport hosted 211 passengers and crew from an Air India flight that was diverted following a bomb threat on Monday morning.

Air India flight 127, the subject of a bomb threat, made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, Nunavut at approximately 5:21 a.m on Monday.

The flight had left New Delhi and was en route to Chicago. All 211 passenger and crew successfully disembarked the aircraft and temporarily took shelter at Iqaluit International airport.

Pierre Payette, airport services direction at Iqaluit International Airport, told Nunavut News that a "unspecified bomb threat from a person in India to Air India" was communicated to the flight's captain by the airline. 

"The aircraft landed as per standard operating procedures," Payette added.

Updates will be provided once more information becomes available, according to the RCMP.



Kira Wronska Dorward

About the Author: Kira Wronska Dorward

I attended Trinity College as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2012 as a Specialist in History. In 2014 I successfully attained a Master of Arts in Modern History from UofT..
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