Capital on alert: Air India's Toronto flight gets bomb threat, days after Red Fort blast

NEW DELHI: Air India’s Toronto to Delhi formation AI188 received a weaponry menace connected Thursday, according to officials cited by quality bureau PTI. Delhi Police were alerted successful the morning, and the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) astatine Delhi airdrome aboriginal classified the menace arsenic “non-specific”.

The connection arrived astir 11.30am portion the Boeing 777 craft was mid-air, astir 4 hours from Delhi. An Air India spokesperson confirmed a information alert was issued during the flight, saying: “On committee unit carried retired each the laid down information drills, keeping rider information & information arsenic apical priority.” The craft landed safely astatine 3.40 pm, and each passengers and unit disembarked safely arsenic mandatory information checks were conducted upon arrival.The menace came days after, the blast adjacent the Red Fort analyzable successful the nationalist superior killed 12 radical and injured respective others.