The latest in a series of false bomb alerts on Indian airlines has forced an Air India plane to make an emergency landing in northern Canada, the airline said today.

The flight, which connected New Delhi to Chicago, landed at the airport in Iqaluit, Canada’s largest city in the northernmost part, as a “precautionary measure” after it was targeted by a “security threat, which was published online”, he explained. Air India.

The aircraft and passengers were re-screened “in accordance with security protocol,” the company said.

Air India and other Indian airlines have been victims of “a certain number of threats in recent days,” the same source added.

All were “hoaxes”, but “as a responsible air carrier, all threats are taken seriously,” Air India stressed.

Yesterday, an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was diverted to New Delhi after a false alarm, Indian media reported.

Similar scams were carried out on two flights of the Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo, which were due to depart for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and two for Muscat, the capital of Oman, according to Indian media.

In early September, Indian airline Vistara had reported on social media X that one of its Mumbai-Frankfurt flights had made an emergency landing in Turkey due to a bomb alert, which turned out to be false.