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 world is in mourning after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed seconds after takeoff last week, and there have been two more incidents on Air India flights since. On Monday (16th June), a plane from Hong Kong to New Delhi turned around shortly after taking off due to a suspected technical issue.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to New Delhi, was forced to return to Hong Kong on Monday after the pilot reported a suspected technical