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By Cindy E. Harnett and Sandra McCulloch

VICTORIA — A Korean Air flight bound for Seoul from Vancouver with 134 passengers on board was diverted Tuesday and forced to land in Comox on Vancouver Island after a bomb threat was called into a U.S. call centre for the airline.

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The plane, which now sits at Comox Airport, has a crew of 13, headed by Canadian pilot Stow Andrew Chisholm, for a total of 147 people on board.

The passengers and crew have been taken off the plane and into an airplane hangar where they are being interviewed by the RCMP, said Comox Mayor Paul Ives.

There were no obvious injuries and everyone is being taken care of,” said the mayor, who had just spoken to Comox’s fire chief. Police, fire crews and B.C. Ambulance paramedics are also on the scene.

“It’s too early to tell if they are staying the night or headed back to Vancouver,” Ives said, adding that 19 Wing Comox has enough space and sleeping quarters for the passengers and crew if that is necessary.