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New Delhi: An Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago had to make an emergency landing at the Iqaluit Airport in Canada on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 after it received an online bomb threat.
Air India has issued a statement in this regard: “Flight AI127 operating from Delhi to Chicago on October 15, 2024, was the subject of a security threat posted online, and as a precautionary measure, had landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. The aircraft and passengers are being re-screened as per the laid down security protocol.”
Earlier, three bomb threats have been received on international flights involving two IndiGo and one Air India flight.
The fake bomb threat was made from an unverified X handle. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is investigating the matter which said, “A total of three planes received bomb threats. One IndiGo plane has been permitted to fly. The two other planes will get permission to fly soon,” as it told NDTV.
Before this, on October 11, an Air India Express flight had to fly around in circles at the Trichy airport for more than two hours after it developed a serious technical glitch. The Air India Express flight bound for Sharjah from Trichy developed a technical glitch shortly after the take-off. This forced the aircraft to circle in the sky for over two hours before landing.
When the aircraft took off at 5:30 pm, the landing gear failed to retract, or fold, as reported by the sources at the Trichy airport.
The flight circled till 8 pm. According to the aviation protocol, in such a scenario, the affected aircraft has to circle the air space to deplete the fuel before trying to land.
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