After around 11 hours of flying time from take off in London, the aircraft bound for Singapore sharply dropped around 6,000 feet in just five minutes, causing chaos in the cabin.
The passenger who died onboard a Singapore Airlines jet travelling from the UK today was a 73-year-old British man, Thai officials have confirmed.
Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn told a press conference that the deceased was a 73-year-old British man who was travelling with his wife. He likely suffered a heart attack, the official said. After around 11 hours of flying time from take off in London , the aircraft sharply dropped 6,000 feet in just five minutes, causing chaos in the cabin. In pictures of the aftermath, one air stewardess was seen with blood over her face
One air stewardess was seen with red marks over her face. Her male colleague could be seen in a chair nearby, looking shocked and dishevelled. The plane dropped from an altitude of around 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet within just five minutes as it finished traversing the Andaman Sea and neared Thailand.
Read More Singapore Airlines flight horror: The science behind turbulence - as a passenger is killed and multiple others injured on a UK flight to Singapore One man who said he was on the flight took to X to describe the incident. Mr Davies wrote that 'passengers with medical training' were working to help the injured in the aftermath of the plane dropping.
Another woman told the BBC of how she received messages to her phone from her son who was on the flight on his way to Bali. Another man told the British broadcaster that he and his father had been flying with his mother, but that they had lost contact with her since leaving the plane. Another British man told the broadcaster that people were still walking around the plane when the turbulence hit. 'It was probably 10 hours in the flight, so there were people walking around. And there was no sign to put the seat belts on.
'We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board,' it said.'Our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft,' the statement added. 'We are working with the local authorities in Thailand to provide the necessary medical assistance, and sending a team to Bangkok to provide any additional assistance needed.
Members of a rescue team discuss after a London-Singapore flight was diverted to Bangkok due to severe turbulence, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 21, 2024 'I am deeply saddened to learn about the incident onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London Heathrow to Singapore,' he wrote on Facebook. Mr Strickland said airlines use a variety of methods to minimise the chances of a flight being affected by trbulence, such as weather forecasts, radar and reports from aircraft ahead.
'The pilots are expected to navigate around the thunderstorms while having the seat belt sign on as a precaution. In June last year, two British Airways crew suffered broken legs when a flight from Singapore to Heathrow was affected by severe turbulence over the Bay of Bengal. While there is no suggestion that today's incident was the fault of the plane, it is the latest scare involving a Boeing-manufactured aircraft in recent weeks.The flashing lights of emergency service vehicles are seen at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok today
These two incidents came after a FedEx plane made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport on May 8, with video showing its nose skidding along the runway. 'They will also need to work with the local civil aviation authorities and investigation teams, particularly with the pilots and the cabin crew onboard , to find out what happened.
'Aircraft are designed and certificated to withstand flight in severe turbulence, and pilots are trained in how to anticipate potential turbulence encounters based on weather forecasts and the aircraft's onboard technology. An emergency landing was required and the plane landed safely, but a teddy bear, two mobile phones, a child's t-shirt were all said to have have flown out during the incident.
First reported by The Seattle Times, they claimed the fuselage panel was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly at its Washington factory A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 veered off the runway after landing in Houston due to some sort of gear collapse. The same day, a 737's engine caught fire in mid-air above Texas, causing an emergency landing minutes into its journey to Fort Myers, Florida.A wheel fell off a Boeing 777-200 shortly after takeoff from San Francisco, crushing cars below.
In January 2024, he appeared on TMZ to say that the 737 Max 9 aircraft were being launched back into the air too soon in the wake of the accident, suggesting corners had been cut. The amount was equal to the revenue lost according to a filing from the airline, but Alaska added that it anticipated receiving extra compensation too.Another whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, came forward in a Senate committee hearing to accuse Boeing of taking shortcuts when building its 777 and 787 Dreamliner jets and added that the company had retaliated against him when he raised concerns.
Boeing's review concluded that some of the flights taken by executives in 2021 and 2022 'were not previously classified as perquisites by the company'. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create 'an immediate safety of flight issue'. Footage showed sparks flying and smoke billowing as the front end of the plane scraped along the runway before being doused with firefighting foam.A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 plane's front tire burst upon landing at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister said, adding there were no casualties and all 190 passengers and crew were evacuated.
Pictures from the scene in Turkey showed the stationary aircraft on the tarmac flanked by emergency vehicles - its front wheels and landing gear crumpled underneath. Corendon Airlines denied Turkish reports that the aircraft had landed on its nose
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