Toronto/CMEDIA: After this morning’s reported Bomb threats to Multiple Canadian airports causing several flights to be grounded and expected to be delayed, their operations are back to normal according to air traffic control manager Nav Canada.
Nav Canada in a statement posted to X at 11 a.m. ET, commended its employees and law enforcement for their swift response and said airport delays might still occur.
“In the interest of security protocols, we cannot disclose the specific nature of the threat. However, we will continue to work closely with authorities as the investigation progresses,” Nav Canada wrote.
Hours earlier, Nav Canada had posted that it was “made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.”
“Employees at impacted locations are safe, and a temporary ground stop has been implemented at the affected airports,” it wrote around 8:30 a.m. ET.
RCMP said in a written statement that at the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport it received a bomb threat at around 6:05 a.m. CT.
“The phone call stated there was a bomb in the control tower,” an RCMP spokesperson said. “Officers conducted a physical search of the tower and no suspicious items were located.”
In Vancouver, RCMP told the threat there had been a “false report.”
A report of a threat at the Vancouver International Airport’s Nav Canada air traffic control tower was received by Richmond RCMP at approximately 2 a.m. PT, spokesperson Cpl. Melissa Lui said in a written statement.
The tower was evacuated and no threats were located, Lui added.
“The RCMP and YVR take threats of this nature very seriously,” Lui said. “After the initial investigation, investigators determined this to be a false report, and that there is no credible threat to public safety.”
The Vancouver Airport Authority said it was aware of the incident but flights were operating normally.
The Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport said earlier on X that it was “investigating a security incident” and warned that operations may be disrupted. By 10:30 a.m. ET, it said that its security investigation had “safely concluded and regular operations are resuming.”
The Ottawa Police Service also said on X that it was investigating a security incident at the Ottawa airport.
“The safety and security of our passengers, team members and partners is our top priority. We can confirm a security incident had minimal impact on operations this morning,” a spokesperson said.
The Calgary International Airport said that “a security incident this morning has had minimal impact on regular operations.”
Officials at Montreal’s airport authority said operations there had resumed as of 7:30 a.m ET.
An Air Canada spokesperson advised people to check the status of their flights and said “there has been minimal impact on our operations.”
