All 156 passengers on flight AI 379 had been escorted from the plane, in line with emergency plans, an Airports of Thailand official said. The aircraft took off from Phuket airport bound for the Indian capital at 9.

The Air India flight was headed from Phuket to Delhi; search found no bomb on board, and the passenger who found the threat note was being questioned.

An Air India plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in Thailand, Phuket, after receiving an onboard bomb threat during a flight from the island to India's capital, New Delhi.