British Airways Flight Diverted Due To Bomb Threat

A British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London made an emergency landing in Montreal early on Wednesday due to concern that a bomb threat had been made.

BA flight 274 from Las Vegas to London's Heathrow airport landed safely at Montreal's Trudeau Airport just before 6 am local time, airport spokesman Francois Asselin said.

"What we learned was that there was a possible bomb threat made against the plane," he said.

Asselin could provide no further details.

The 747 was carrying 312 passengers and 16 crew.

British Airways did not confirm the bomb threat, but said its flight from Las Vegas to Heathrow landed safely in Montreal and passengers left the aircraft safely.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Montreal police were investigating.