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 was forced to make an emergency landing in Thailand on Friday after receiving a bomb threat, a day after the airline was involved in the worst plane crash in a decade that killed over 240 people.

An Air India flight AI 379, en route from Phuket to Delhi, executed an emergency landing in Phuket after a bomb threat was received shortly after departure. The aircraft safely returned to Phuket International Airport,