An Air India flight from Phuket bound for New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing back on the Thai island, airport authorities said.

An Air India flight had to make an emergency landing following reports of a bomb threat one day after hundreds died in a fatal crash involving one of the airline's planes.

Bomb threat forces Air India flight to make emergency landing in Phuket - Thai authorities say no bomb found on flight bound for Delhi