Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand due to bomb threat – day after Gatwick flight tragedy

By MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER

Published: 07:12 BST, 13 June 2025 | Updated: 07:22 BST, 13 June 2025

An Air India flight was forced to make an emergency landing today after a bomb threat – less than 24 hours after the Ahmedabad air disaster. 

Flight AI 379 was travelling from Thailand’s Phuket to India’s capital New Delhi but had to suddenly land again after an explosion warning, airport authorities said.

The plane took off, circled the west coast of the island and then landed again minutes later on the holiday island.

Passengers were evacuated from the plane in line with emergency plans, an Airports of Thailand official said.

There were 156 passengers on the flight and the bomb threat was received on board the plane, it said in a statement.

It came after Air India’s service from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed yesterday, killing more than 290 people.

Flight AI 379 took off from Phuket airport for the Indian capital at 9.30am local time on Friday, but made a wide loop around the Andaman Sea and landed back at the Thai island, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.

AOT did not provide details on the bomb threat. So far no bomb has been found, MailOnline understands.

Air India flight AI171, bound for London carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, crashed minutes after take-off in the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad yesterday. There was just one survivor

Flight AI 379 was travelling from Thailand ‘s Phuket to India’s capital New Delhi but had to suddenly land again after a bomb threat. The plane took off, circled the west coast of the island and then landed again

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Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand due to bomb threat – day after Gatwick flight tragedy

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