Air India flight returns to Phuket after bomb threat
published : 13 Jun 2025 at 13:38
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
An Air India jet en route to New Delhi returned to Phuket airport on Friday after a bomb threat.
Phuket airport said the pilot of flight AI379 has requested the airport to take the aircraft back to Phuket after detecting a message threatening to bomb the aircraft.
The flight, with 156 passengers on board, left Phuket at 9.05am and was scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 12.04pm local time. The plane was diverted to land back at Phuket, according to flightradar24.com, which tracks all flight movements.
Air India uses an Airbus A320 on the route.
The incident took place one day after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff.
Vocabulary
- bomb (noun): an explosive device - ลูกระเบิด
- detect: to notice, to discover or find out - พบได้, สังเกต
- divert: to make somebody/something change direction - เบนเส้นทาง
- threat (noun): an occasion when someone says or does something that indicates they will cause you harm or problems, especially if you do not do what they want you to do - การคุกคาม,การขู่เข็ญ
- Keywords
- air india
- phuket
- bomb threats
- aviation
- airline
