Air India flight to Delhi returns to Thailand after ‘security alert’

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A Delhi-bound An Air India flight returned to Phuket pursuing a information alert connected Friday (June 13, 2025) an hose authoritative said. The craft landed safely and is undergoing mandatory information checks astatine Phuket International Airport, the authoritative said.

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The fig of passengers onboard the Airbus A320neo level could not beryllium instantly ascertained.

“During the cruising signifier of the formation a information alert was received aft which the aviator took a mid-air crook backmost to Phuket,” the authoritative said.

According to unrecorded formation tracking website flightradar24, the flight, AI 379, took disconnected from Phuket astatine 930 (local time) and was scheduled to onshore successful Delhi astatine 1240 hours (local time).

However, it landed backmost astatine the Phuket International Airport astatine 1146 (local time), according to the website.

All passengers, on with their baggage, person been deplaned, the Air India authoritative said, adding that information agencies are scanning some passengers and the cargo.

Published - June 13, 2025 12:09 p.m. IST