Overview

• Flight AI379, carrying 156 passengers, departed Phuket at 9:30 am local time on June 13 and returned to Phuket International Airport after crew discovered a bomb threat note in the aircraft’s bathroom.
• Emergency protocols were activated, all passengers were safely evacuated, and both cabin and cargo holds were searched with no explosives found.
• After confirming the threat was a hoax, the Airbus A320 resumed its journey to New Delhi at 4:28 pm local time.
• The hoax followed the June 12 crash of Flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, a Boeing 787-8 that killed over 240 people and left British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh as the sole survivor.
• Indian aviation has faced nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats in the first ten months of 2024, prompting government proposals for stricter security measures and reviews of emergency procedures.