An Air India flight had to make an emergency landing following reports of a bomb threat one day after hundreds died in a fatal crash involving one of the airline's planes.

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.

An Air India flight has been diverted due to a reported bomb threat just hours after one of its planes was in a fatal crash. Flight AI379 was diverted back to an airport in the southern island of Phuket, Thailand, after departing for Delhi, due to reports of a bomb threat this morning.