By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted October 16, 2024 7:41 am
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Air India formation makes exigency landing astatine Iqaluit airdrome implicit weaponry threat
More than 200 Air India passengers should beryllium connected the crushed successful Chicago Wednesday greeting after their formation was diverted to Nunavut owed to a weaponry threat.
The hose issued an update overnight via societal media, thanking the Royal Canadian Air Force for helping ferry the 211 passengers of Flight 127 from India to their last destination.
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https://twitter.com/airindia/status/1846405905950429349
Since Iqaluit was not equipped to location that galore unexpected guests, Ottawa gave the greenish airy to utilize subject resources to assistance the waylaid travellers.
The formation from New Delhi was diverted aboriginal Tuesday greeting arsenic a precautionary measure.
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As for the weaponry threat, Air India says it and different airlines person been taxable to “a fig of threats” recently, which were aboriginal recovered to beryllium hoaxes.
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The airline’s update besides thanked the Canadian authorities and those astatine the Iqaluit International Airport for their enactment and assistance.
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