Air India plane with 156 passengers makes emergency landing after bomb threat

An Air India plane made an emergency landing after receiving an onboard bomb threat on Friday, June 13, 2025.

The plane from Phuket in Thailand to India’s capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said.

An Airports of Thailand official said all 156 passengers on flight AI 379 had been escorted from the plane, in line with emergency plans.

The aircraft took off from Phuket airport bound for the Indian capital at 9:30 a.m. (0230 GMT) on Friday, but made a wide loop around the Andaman Sea and landed back on the southern Thai island, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.

One survivor found as over 290 die in Air India plane crash

The incident follows the crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad on Thursday shortly after takeoff, in which more than 240 people were killed.

AOT did not provide details on the bomb threat. Air India did not immediately respond to Reuters’ 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.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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