Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand's Phuket after bomb threat
An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an on-board bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said.
All 156 passengers on flight AI 379 had been escorted from the plane, in line with emergency plans, an Airports of Thailand official said.
The aircraft took off from Phuket airport bound for the Indian capital at 9.30am (local time) on Friday, but made a wide loop around the Andaman Sea and landed back on the southern Thai island, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
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Air India plane bound for London crashes moments after take off in Ahmedabad
Air India plane bound for London crashes moments after take off in Ahmedabad
The incident follows the
crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad on Thursday shortly after take-off, in which more than 240 people were killed.
AOT did not provide details on the bomb threat. Air India did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Indian airlines and airports were inundated with hoax bomb threats last year, with nearly 1,000 hoax calls and messages received in the first 10 months, nearly 10 times that of 2023.
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