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.

  • @comrade19
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    454 months ago

    If 20 more were injured then the seatbelt sign probably wasn’t on, which means they probably hit clear air turbulence in cruise. Usually the planes ahead will report anything like that so the ones behind it will know what’s coming, but this must’ve been a big bit of windshear one out of nowhere.

    • @[email protected]
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      4 months ago

      As if people actually care about the seatbelt sign

      “Hurr Durr if the plane crashes seatbelts aren’t going to save you”

    • @[email protected]
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      134 months ago

      Either way, seatbelts should always be buckled while seated. The seatbelt sign turned off doesn’t negate that.

    • @TriPolarBearz
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      54 months ago

      clear air turbulence

      Is that like black ice for planes?

    • @TheEighthDoctor
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      44 months ago

      He was an older gentleman that died of stroke, but yes, many people are in the hospital with fractured bones