Officials said that at least 85 were admitted to various hospitals in Bangkok, Thailand, while 19 others went to local clinics.
, after enduring an extended period of turbulence. As of Wednesday, 20 people from the flight remain in intensive care units. Officials said that at least 85 were admitted to various hospitals in Bangkok, while 19 others went to local clinics.
“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 a seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling,” Dzafran Azmir, 28, a student who was on the flight,reporters. “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.
The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Singapore Airlines, is parked after the SQ321 London-Singapore flight, that encountered severe turbulence, at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, near Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Singapore Airlines flight descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes, the carrier said Tuesday. A British man died and authorities said dozens of passengers were injured, some severely.
The man who died was Geoff Kitchen, 73, from the United Kingdom. He worked for a U.K.-based theater group called Thornbury Musical Theatre Group.“Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft,” the airline said in a
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