New Delhi, July 19 -- An Air India Express flight bound for Thailand's Phuket was forced to return to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Saturday morning shortly after departure.

According to FlightAware data, flight IX110 operated by a Boeing 737 Max 8 (registration VT-BWA) took off at 6:41 am, and landed back at 6.57 am, with a flying time of 16 minutes.

The flight had been scheduled to arrive in Phuket at 11:45 am.

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