Iqaluit (Canada) October 16 (ANI): Air India's flight AI127 from Delhi to Chicago made an emergency landing on Oct 15 due to a security threat posted online. The unscheduled touchdown at Iqaluit Airport in Canada was made “as a precautionary measure”.

An Air India flight bound for Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after the airline received an online threat, officials said on Tuesday.

The latest in a string of hoax bomb threats made to Indian airlines forced an Air India plane to make an emergency landing in Canada, the airline said on Tuesday (Oct 15). The passenger aircraft, flying from India's capital New Delhi to Chicago,