By CKOM News

WestJet lands plane at Saskatoon airport after bomb threat

Jun 30, 2015 | 9:06 PM

Another bomb threat made to a WestJet flight Wednesday brought police vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks to the Saskatoon airport.

Police say WestJet flight 323 was headed to Saskatoon from Toronto with 113 passengers and five crew members on board. It landed safely at around 8 p.m., and was held away from the terminal. The passengers had to be interviewed one by one, and their bags had to be searched.

At last word, there is no indication on where the threat came from, or if it is related to three similar threats made to Canadian flights over the past week.

This is the second bomb threat incident at YXE since Saturday, when 147 WestJet passengers were grounded on route to Edmonton. After an extensive search, no explosive device was found.

An Air Canada flight was the target of a bomb threat last Thursday, and Monday night, another WestJet flight from Edmonton to Toronto that had to be diverted to Winnipeg. Again, no bomb was found.

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RCMP say they’re working with other police agencies to determine if the incidents are related.

-With files from The Canadian Press

We received a bomb threat for #WS323 (Toronto-Saskatoon) tonight. The aircraft has landed safely in Saskatoon.

— WestJet (@WestJet) July 1, 2015

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