Bangkok: A Singapore Airlines flight got stuck in turbulence on Tuesday. After the turbulence, the condition of the aircraft became such that the aircraft descended 6 thousand feet in just 5 minutes. A passenger in the plane died due to strong shocks caused by turbulence. More than two dozen passengers have also been injured in this incident. Authorities said the 73-year-old British man may have suffered a heart attack, although this has not been confirmed. After turbulence, Singapore Airlines plane made emergency landing in Bangkok.
frightened passengers
Videos and photos of the scary situation inside the flight during turbulence have also surfaced on social media. Seeing the kind of videos and pictures that have surfaced, it can be clearly imagined what might have happened to the passengers of the plane during the turbulence. There have also been reports that many passengers were not wearing seat belts during the turbulence. In such a situation, many passengers were thrown here and there due to the strong shaking.
a strong blow
A passenger on the flight told ABC News, “Food was being served to the passengers on the flight, when turbulence occurred. Suddenly the plane started tilting upward, it started shaking rapidly. I was not aware of what was happening. It seemed as if the plane was about to fall and some people were hit by the ceiling. The masks had come loose. Parts of the ceiling and fittings had fallen in.”
everything happened so fast
Andrew Davis, another British passenger on board the flight, told the news agency ‘AP’, “Anyone who was wearing a seat belt at that time was not injured. The sign for wearing a seat belt during turbulence was on, but Everything happened so quickly and suddenly that the crew members did not get a chance to wear their seat belts.” “I saw a number of people injured, including crew members, people in pain,” Davis said.
The plane took off from London
Let us tell you that Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 777-300ER flight took off from London at 2:45 pm on Monday, Indian time. The flight was scheduled to land in Singapore at 3:40 pm, but 11 hours after takeoff, it got stuck in turbulence at 37 thousand feet in Myanmar airspace. The plane encountered turbulence when it was over the Andaman Sea near Myanmar.
details of passengers
Meanwhile, the airline said, “Singapore Airlines expresses its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.” Singapore Airlines has given the nationalities of the 229 people on board the plane (211 passengers and 18 crew members). On board the plane are 56 from Australia, two from Canada, one from Germany, three from India, two from Indonesia, one from Iceland, four from Ireland, one from Israel, 16 from Malaysia, two from Myanmar, 23 from New Zealand, five from the Philippines, There were 41 citizens of Singapore, one from South Korea, two from Spain, 47 from Britain and four from America.
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