A view shows Vistara flight AI379 that had to make an emergency landing back at Phuket Airport, due to a note of a bomb threat discovered mid-air, in Phuket, Thailand, 13 June 2025, in this picture obtained from social media;
Credit: Chalit Saeton/via Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday 13 June 2025 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 9.30 a.m. (03:30 CET) on Friday 13 June 2025, but made a wide loop around the Andaman Sea and landed back on the southern Thai island, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
The incident follows the crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad on Thursday 12 June 2025 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 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 ten months, nearly ten times that of 2023.
