An Air India flight in Thailand was forced to make an emergency landing just one day after flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 241 people on board and more on the ground.
An Air India flight from Thailand to New Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing after a bomb threat was received. It comes just one day after a London Gatwick-bound flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 241 people on board and more on the ground. Flight AI 379 was carrying 156 passengers and returned to Phuket after a threat was received aboard the plane. The aircraft left the Thai island at 9.30am local time, but circled over the Andaman Sea before coming back.
Officials have not released specific details about the nature of the bomb threat. Investigations are continuing into the crash of a London-bound plane that killed 240 people, with the death toll likely to increase. Air India confirmed there was only one survivor – a UK national – out of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed into a medical college shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport.