Panic On Air Canada Flight Following Bomb Threat Email; No Danger Found
(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) Panic ensued aboard an Air Canada flight bound for Toronto after Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport officials received an email on Tuesday night claiming a bomb had been planted on the aircraft. The threat, however, was later confirmed to be a hoax.
The email, sent to the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) office at 10:50 PM, triggered immediate security protocols. "Following standard security procedures, a thorough inspection was conducted, and nothing suspicious was found," a senior Police officer said.
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This incident is the latest in a series of recent bomb threats involving flights. Last week, a Paris-Mumbai Vistara flight carrying 306 passengers and crew received a handwritten note on an airsickness bag, threatening a bomb on board, according to media sources.
In another incident on Friday, a Delhi-Srinagar Vistara flight with 177 passengers received a bomb threat mid-air. The flight landed safely in Srinagar, and all passengers and crew members were evacuated without incident.
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