CNN —Twin bomb threats hit Indian airliners on opposite sides of the globe on Tuesday, forcing an emergency landing in the Arctic and fighter jets to scramble in Asia – the latest in a series of similar hoax scares for the country’s airlines.
On Tuesday, an Air India flight from New Delhi to Chicago made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, Canada’s northernmost city.
Air India flight 127 was the “subject of a security threat posted online” and diverted “as a precautionary measure,” the airline said.
Multiple flights by Indian carriers have been delayed or diverted due to false bomb threats since Monday.
The Air India emergency landing in Canada comes as tensions rise between the two countries after Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, on Monday.
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