(Adnkronos) – Due to a bomb threat on board, an Air India flight from the Thai island of Phuket to New Delhi made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.
“We received a written report of a bomb threat inside the aircraft’s bathroom, so the pilot informed the control tower and decided to divert the aircraft to Phuket International Airport after making some rounds to consume fuel – said Monchai Tanode, director of Phuket International Airport, during a press conference – The police have stopped several suspects, but so far have not been able to identify the author of the message”.
The flight took off more than seven hours after its scheduled departure. The FlightRadar24 website showed that the plane made a U-turn over the Andaman Sea immediately after takeoff, then circled several times off the coast of the island before landing.
