Air India flight from Birmingham to Delhi diverted to Riyadh after bomb threat

An Air India flight from the UK’s Birmingham to Delhi was diverted to Riyadh on Saturday night after a bomb threat was reported on board, the airline said on Sunday.

The airline confirmed that flight AI114 landed safely in Riyadh, where security checks were carried out.

According to flight tracking website Flightradar24, the aircraft took off from Birmingham at 8.26 p.m. and was en route to Delhi when it



had to make the emergency diversion.

Air India later issued a statement saying that all passengers were safe and efforts were underway to arrange their travel to their final destinations.

“The inconvenience caused to our passengers due to this unforeseen disruption is sincerely regretted. Alternative arrangements are being made to fly the passengers to their destinations,” a spokesperson for the airline said.