Air Canada stops flights to India as Pakistan shuts airspace

Air Canada has temporarily suspended all service to India due to the closure of Pakistani airspace The company confirmed the suspension in a statement on Wednesday morning. A flight en route to Delhi from Toronto turned back while over the Atlantic Ocean. It is due to return to Toronto this afternoon. Pakistan and India are on high-alert after India launched an attack on Pakistani extremists earlier in the week. Pakistan says it shot down two Indian warplanes after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir on Wednesday.