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An Air Canada flight arrived safely in Newark, N.J., despite reports of a “threat” midflight.
Air Canada flight 8657 from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport on Feb. 19 landed without incident but was delayed by an hour and a half, according to data from FlightStats, a global flight tracker.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement to National Post that it received a report of a threat made toward the flight at noon on Monday.
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“The plane landed at EWR Terminal A without incident, and all passengers have deplaned safely with no reported injuries,” they added.
About an hour after arriving in New Jersey, the Port Authority Police Department and its canine unit fully cleared the plane. The incident remains under investigation.
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