Victoria Airport Closes to Commercial Flights as RCMP Respond to Call

Victoria Airport Closes to Commercial Flights as RCMP Respond to Call
RCMP respond to a call for service issued from the airport causing all commercial flights to be suspended as RCMP continue to investigate the ongoing incident at the Victoria International Airport in Sidney, B.C., on May 24, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
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NORTH SAANICH, B.C.—All commercial flights at Victoria’s International Airport were cancelled Tuesday after the discovery of something that looked like “an incendiary device” in someone’s luggage, RCMP said.

Cpl. Andres Sanchez said the suspicious package was identified in the departures check−in area of the airport around 1:30 p.m. during a security scan.