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Authorities connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) received a weaponry menace connection for an Air India formation erstwhile it was flying from Toronto to Delhi, and later, the formation landed safely successful the nationalist capital, according to sources.
In the morning, Delhi Police received a connection claiming a weaponry menace for the formation AI188. Subsequently, the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was constituted astatine the Delhi airport, and it was assessed that the menace was "non-specific", the sources told PTI.
The connection was received astatine astir 11:30 a.m. erstwhile the flight, operated with a Boeing 777 aircraft, was mid-air and was small implicit 4 hours distant from Delhi, the sources said.
When contacted, an Air India spokesperson said a information alert was communicated regarding the formation AI188 during its cruise from Toronto to Delhi connected Thursday (November 13, 2025).
"On committee unit carried retired each the laid down information drills, keeping rider information and information arsenic apical priority. The formation has landed safely astatine Delhi and has been parked for the mandatory information checks by the information arsenic per the protocol," the spokesperson said successful a statement.
The spokesperson besides said that each passengers and unit person disembarked safely. The formation landed astatine the Delhi airdrome astatine astir 3:40 p.m..
The duration of the Toronto-Delhi flight, operated with a Boeing 777 aircraft, was a small implicit 15 hours, arsenic per accusation disposable connected formation tracking website Flightradar24.com.
