Air India makes emergency landing in Thailand following bomb threat just one day after deadly crash

There were 156 passengers on the flight as the bomb threat was received on board the plane.

The aircraft departed the Thai island at 9.30am local time bound for New Delhi but returned after circling over the Andaman Sea.

Authorities have not disclosed specific details about the nature of the bomb threat received during the flight.

The incident comes after a flight bound for London Gatwick from the city of Ahmedabad crashed just after take off on Thursday.

Police in India say that more than 240 are thought to have died.

Air India confirmed there were 169 Indian, 53 British, one Canadian and seven Portuguese passengers on board at the time of the crash.

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The latest emergency landing follows a surge in hoax bomb threats last year.

Indian carriers and airports received close to 1,000 hoax bomb threats during the first ten months of last year alone.

This represents a nearly tenfold increase compared to 2023, when such incidents were far less frequent.

In Ahmedabad, rescuers continue to scour the wreckage after local authorities declared a major emergency.

Police found one survivor on the flight, with another found in the hospital and is currently undergoing treatment.

The British survivor has been named locally as 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian who was returning to the UK after a visit.

He has been pictured walking away from the plane crash in new footage from local media.