BREAKING: Singapore Airlines #SQ321 just declared an emergency

[Franjipani]

One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence
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One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence​

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One person has been killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that was hit by severe turbulence.
The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:00 GMT).
Flight SQ 321 was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew, the airline said in a statement.
"Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased," it said.
The airline added that it was working with Thai authorities to provide medical assistance to passengers, and was sending a team to Bangkok to provide any additional assistance needed.
Thai authorities have despatched ambulances and emergency teams to the Suvarnabhumi Airport .
It is still unclear on as to what exactly happened on board the flight.
Turbulence is a fact of flying - however severe incidents like this are rare, and a bit of a bumpy flight is usually nothing to worry about.

Sometimes it can be predicted - and pilots are known to radio to each other to give advanced warnings - but it can also come out of nowhere. Even though it is a weather phenomenon, turbulence can happen anywhere and in any condition.

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[A Singaporean]

Must be CECA piloting the SQ flight from London to Sg

Must be. SIA never learn.

 

[glockman]

Helicopters more unsafe

All man-made flying contraptions are unsafe. Humans are not supposed to fly. We can walk, run, swim, but not fly.

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

CECA brought down DBS' IT system
CECA brining down SIA
Singtel, PSA, Keppel, SGX - please be on standby

 

[k1976]

Boeing 777!!!! Got balls sial

Tiagong, its carbon fibre wing can bend 60deg w/o problems

 

[Rogue Trader]

How do people get killed in an air turbulence? The food cart crashed on the poor fella's head?

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

How do people get killed in an air turbulence? The food cart crashed on the poor fella's head?

The fat CECA woman passenger was not buckled and she flew and landed on the dead fella?

 

[jw5]

Is it too late to claw back their massive bonus?

It is never too late to claw back bonuses.

 

[Rogue Trader]

The fat CECA woman passenger was not buckled and she flew and landed on the dead fella?

Yeach .. I would have died on the spot too

 

[JurongEast]

Big stick

 

[red amoeba]

Drop 1.8 km. This one unless your seat belt securely fasten you sure fly out of your seat. Insurance claim and negligence claim if valid will cost SIA. After SQ006 they paid record sum to the deceased. This one will not be far.

 

[bushtucker]

Death by turbulence. World's first by greatest way to fly SIA.

 

[k1976]

https://sg.yahoo.com/news/live/singapore-airlines-latest-death-flight-london-sq321-103653119.html

Satu Orang Mati liao
8mth bonus not easy to earn

 

[k1976]

They iron teeth wan

The fat CECA woman passenger was not buckled and she flew and landed on the dead fella?

 

[JohnTan]

Singapore Airlines #SQ321 from London Heathrow is declaring an emergency​

https://airlive.net/emergency/2024/...om-london-heathrow-is-declaring-an-emergency/

I'm selling my SQ shares on Thursday!!!

 

[Pinkieslut]

UpLorry

 

[k1976]

Always buckled up, unless u want to go toilet esp for those long haul flight

 

[k1976]

UpLorry

SAd case. RiP n Condolence.

 

[Franjipani]

• 5 mins ago
  Harriet Sinclair
  

  Passengers 'launched into the ceiling' during turbulence​

  A passenger on board the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 has described people being flung into the ceiling as the turbulence hit.
  Passenger Dzafran Azmir, 28, told Reuters: “Suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling.
  “Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it, they hit the places where lights and masks are and broke straight through it.”
  
  
  
• 29 mins ago
  Harriet Sinclair
  

  Plane plunged 6,000 feet in less than three minutes, data show​

  The Singapore Airlines plane that re-routed to Bangkok following deadly turbulence plunged more than 6,000 feet in less than three minutes, according to data from Flightradar24.
  The data show the plane was cruising at 37,000 feet, when shortly after 8am GMT it plunged down to 31,000 feet in around three minutes.
  The airlines has not yet commented in detail on the turbulence other than to describe it as "severe."

 

[k1976]

Next time, this plane will have paranormal incident?