Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand over bomb threat hours after Gatwick flight disaster
Flight AI379 was travelling from Phuket, Thailand to India's capital New Delhi - before it suddenly landed again after an explosion warning, according to authorities.
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An Air India flight was forced to make an emergency landing (stock)
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Flight path of AI379, which made an emergency landing after a bomb threat
The emergency landing took place less than a day after Air India Flight AI171 with 242 passengers on board smashed into a doctor's hospital, killing all but one passenger and others on the ground.
Flight AI379 took off at 9:03 local time and circled the west coast of the island before landing again just minutes later.
Passengers were evacuated from the plane in line with emergency protocol, an Airports of Thailand official said.
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