Here’s a passenger recount of what happened to the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER during the mid-air incident:
“Suddenly the aircraft started 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.
“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,” Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old student on the flight, told ABC News.
Here’s footage from inside the cabin following the abrupt 6,000-foot drop:
Severe turbulence on #SingaporeAirlines flight from London to Singapore results in 1 death and several injured passengers.
— vk Gupta (@vk26011950) May 21, 2024
This is a reminder – always have your seat belts fastened when inflight. #SQ321 #Singapore pic.twitter.com/sLPKIi9aCV
Images from inside Flight #SQ321. The plane dropped 6,000 feet in 3 minutes. @SkyNews pic.twitter.com/jzVJTG9wOJ
— Cordelia Lynch (@CordeliaSkyNews) May 21, 2024
More images from London to Singapore flight SQ321 carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew. Plane forced to make an emergency landing in Thailand due to severe turbulence. A British man died and dozens are injured pic.twitter.com/UnOf0Ry4EE
— June Bull (@PBoro1118) May 21, 2024
*7 PASSENGERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN SINGAPORE AIR INCIDENT
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 21, 2024
*23 PASSENGERS, 1 CREW MEMBER SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES
*1 PASSENGER KILLED, SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK IN FLIGHT INCIDENT
was he quadruple vaxxed?
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER was hit by ‘severe turbulence’ on a London to Singapore flight on Tuesday, forcing an emergency diversion to Bangkok. Tragically, one passenger has been confirmed dead. This incident raises fresh concerns about the safety of air travel of Boeing jets amid a series of mid-air mishaps.
Aviation sleuths on X are citing website flight tracking data from Flightradar24, which shows that Flight SQ 321 abruptly dropped 6,000 feet ‘due to an air pocket’, but nothing has been confirmed.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 dropped about 6000 feet due to an air pocket. One person dead. Must have been incredibly scary pic.twitter.com/NDWnWxMuLF
— USA Observer (@TheUSAmonitor) May 21, 2024
Flight tracking data suggests that #SQ321 had a steep drop of 6,000 feet within 4 minutes from 37,000 ft altitude (see lines 4.06 am to 4.11am) before stabilizing to 31,000 ft, leading to its emergency landing at BKK. https://t.co/Km611aNp1d pic.twitter.com/ng1R0di6T0
— Saksith Saiyasombut (@SaksithCNA) May 21, 2024
Here’s an image inside the plane moments after the incident.
Just in :
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) May 21, 2024
– Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321 on @Boeing 777 from London @HeathrowAirport to Singapore on 20th May, encountered severe turbulence
– Diverted to Bangkok
– But one dead and multiple injuries per @SingaporeAir.
✈️ 🙏 pic.twitter.com/82fk23usOI
The plane has since landed and emergency crews were dispatched to rush the injured to local area hospitals.
Breaking: Singapore Airlines flight diverted to Bangkok due to turbulence. 20 passengers reportedly injured. #SQ321 pic.twitter.com/kXXcJOfNyh
— Tommy Shelby (@T0M5helby) May 21, 2024
A #SingaporeAirlines Boeing B777-300ER operating flight SQ321 from #London to #Singapore encountered severe #turbulence.
— IH Aviation and Travel (@ihaviation) May 21, 2024
As per reports, many passengers are injured. The aircraft diverted to #Bangkok. There were 211 passengers and 18 crew members onboard.
📸: @fl360aero pic.twitter.com/O0I1F2ZmrN
“We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER,” Singapore Airlines wrote in a statement published on Facebook, adding there were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
“Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore on 20 May 2024, encountered severe turbulence en-route. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok and landed at 1545hrs local time on 21 May 2024,” the airlines added.
