Singapore Airlines Flight 321 had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand due to “severe turbulence”, killing one person.
A Singapore Airlines passenger plane encountered “severe turbulence” and said it felt “sheer fear” at the critical moment as the Boeing plane remained “shuddering”.
The plane, which had 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board, was en route from London to Singapore when it encountered “severe turbulence”, killing one passenger and leaving 104 passengers requiring medical treatment.
Ali Bukhari, a passenger on the flight who was on honeymoon with his bride, said the severe turbulence was “traumatic”.
“It was a very traumatic experience. It’s hard to put into words. No one expected anything like that,” he said. Australian television channel 9.
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A Singapore Airlines passenger told Reuters that passengers who encountered turbulence were thrown from their seats. (Reuters/Reuters Photo)
Passenger Beverley Mayers described her “utter terror” as Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 descended some 6,000 feet in about three minutes.
“The whole plane was shaking. Large pieces of debris fell to the floor and passengers hit their heads,” she told Australian television station Channel 9 upon arrival at Sydney Airport.
Meyers said he thought the plane was going to break in two.
I think everyone thought the plane was going to crash.
“I think we all thought the plane was going to fall apart. We thought it was going to break in two,” she told Australian media. “When we were taken off the plane, there were several staff members who were injured. There were broken dishes. Their faces were really bloody. It was a terrible situation.”
The interior of a Singapore Airlines plane damaged by turbulence can be seen exposed. (Reuters/Reuters Photo)
said Josh Silverstone, 24. Associated Press He said the situation could have been “a lot worse” and that he hadn’t stopped vomiting by the time the plane landed safely.
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I got back to the airport and couldn’t stop vomiting.
“I got back to the airport and couldn’t stop vomiting,” he said. “I couldn’t walk, it was pretty bad.”
Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 arriving at London Heathrow Airport. (Nicholas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Weather forecasting service AccuWeather said satellite and lightning data showed an “explosive thunderstorm” developing near the flight path.
The Bureau of Meteorology says pilots may have little time to react as thunderstorms develop.
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Sarah Nelson, international president of the association of flight attendants CWA, which represents more than 50,000 people across 20 airlines, told Reuters initial reports appeared to indicate clear-air turbulence.
Nelson told Reuters that clear-air turbulence is invisible and virtually undetectable with current technology, making it even more important for seated passengers to wear their seatbelts at all times.
“This is a matter of life and death,” Nelson said.
Ambulances are lined up at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, for the arrival of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321, which departed from London and reportedly killed one passenger and injured 30 others. (Viral Press)
Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that 74 passengers and six crew members remained in Bangkok, including “those receiving medical treatment and their families and loved ones who were on board the flight.” The rest had arrived in Singapore on a different flight.
“On behalf of the Singapore Airlines board, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the passenger who died in the accident on Flight SQ321 on 21 May 2024,” Singapore Airlines Chairman Peter Seer said in a statement. “To all passengers and crew who were on board the aircraft, we assure you that we are committed to supporting them during this difficult time.”
The Bangkok hospital where the injured were taken told The Associated Press on Wednesday that 20 passengers on the plane were being treated in intensive care units, bringing the total number of people receiving treatment to 104.
Airport workers gather near an aircraft ladder attached to Singapore Airlines Flight 321 as it lands at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, May 22. (Reuters/Atit Perawongmetha/Reuters Photo)
The last fatal accident involving a Singapore Airlines plane was in 2000, when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Singapore, killing 83 people, according to the Aviation Safety Network.
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Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Reuters contributed to this report.
