Last week’s Air India bomb scare, which left hundreds of passengers stranded for 18 hours, has prompted a review into how Iqaluit International Airport can better handle emergencies, including bomb threats.

A Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying stranded passengers on Wednesday (October 16, 2024) of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport to Chicago, hours after the flight was diverted to the airport due to a bomb threat.

The Air India flight on its way to Chicago made an emergency landing in Iqaluit Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat. The airline said it's one of several threats in recent days.

Canadian authorities quickly recognized that Iqaluit lacked the facilities to accommodate such a large group, prompting the military to assist in transporting the passengers to Chicago. Despite efforts to provide food—such as dozens of pizzas delivered to the terminal—conditions were challenging due to limited communication services in the remote city.

The Indian government is working on a new law to punish those spreading the menace of hoax bomb threat calls, which disrupt the flight schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousand

A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions. A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in woollens,

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Monday warned flyers to refrain from travelling on Air India flights between November 1 and 19.