New Delhi (PTI): A Jet Airways flight leaving Toronto was grounded for over six hours following a bomb threat call just hours before its scheduled departure, Canadian officials confirmed on Friday.

The Jet Airways flight 225 which was on its way from Toronto's Pearson Airport to Chennai via Europe, was grounded on Monday night after the Canadian police got an anonymous threat over the telephone that a bomb had been placed inside the plane.

Following a thorough check, the police declared the threat as a hoax.

Canadian officials speaking to the press earlier in the day said that the flight finally took off along with the passengers on Tuesday, a day after its scheduled departure.

Confirming the incident, a Jet spokesperson said the passengers were taken care of by the airline and provided accommodation.

Bomb threats to Indian companies operating in Canada along with government-owned Air India were routine in the mid-1980's, according to the evidence presented at the recent Air India bombing inquiry in Ottawa.

The Jet Airways flies daily from Toronto, through London and Brussels and on to India and is currently the only private Indian carrier with scheduled flights to Canada.