The Singapore Airlines has confirmed that a passenger has been killed and 30 others suffered injuries due to severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore. In a statement, Singapore Airlines said flight number SQ321, which took off from Heathrow Airport in London on Monday and was headed to Singapore, "encountered severe turbulence" en route.
Aftermath of Singapore Airlines flight 321 from London to Singapore which had to divert to Bangkok due to severe turbulence. One death passenger and several injured. Blood everywhere, destroyed cabin. #singaporeairlines #sq321 pic.twitter.com/C2FgrVt9yv
— Josh Cahill (@gotravelyourway) May 21, 2024
The aircraft was diverted to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, where it landed at 3.45 pm (local time) on Tuesday.The plane - a Boeing 777-300 ER - had 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board.A video of the inside of the aircraft after it made an emergency landing shows dented overhead bins, food items strewn on the floor, and oxygen masks and fan panels hanging off the ceiling.
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-312(ER) aircraft (9V-SWM) operating flight SQ321 from London (LHR) to Singapore (SIN) hit an air pocket and made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok (BKK) at 3:34 pm today. Initial reports indicate 20 people were injured.… pic.twitter.com/G4TH7Vs2xX
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) May 21, 2024
Experts said such injuries usually happen when passengers are not wearing a seatbelt and the pilot has not been able to give an advanced warning because information from the weather radar does not indicate any turbulence. In such cases, passengers can be thrown around in the cockpit, which may lead to injuries.In May last year, turbulence had led to several passengers being injured on a Delhi-Sydney Air India flight.
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) May 21, 2024
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