Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said he approved a request for the Canadian military resources, as the “City of Iqaluit is not equipped to house these passengers".

Air India on Wednesday announced that a Chicago-bound flight which had to be diverted to Canada after receiving a bomb threat, was finally heading to its destination. On Tuesday, seven Indian flights got bomb threats,

NEW DELHI – An Air India flight from Mumbai to New York (AI119) was diverted to New Delhi on October 14 following a specific security alert. The aircraft, with 239 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, where all passengers and crew were safely evacuated.