No credible evidence found after police receive bomb threat on a flight out of Vancouver airport

Richmond R-C-M-P say they believe emails sent to a local news agency and staff at the Vancouver International Airport yesterday about a bomb on a plane were a malicious hoax.

Mounties say the threat Sunday was taken seriously, but a sweep of the flight found no evidence of an explosive device. Police say the flight was delayed, but airport operations were only minimally affected.

They say they believe the emails were part of a so-called `swatting'' call, where false threats are called into law
enforcement to provoke a police response.