More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight hit by heavy turbulence that left dozens injured and one dead reach Singapore Wednesday morning, May 22, after an emergency landing in Bangkok.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/passengers-arrive-singapore-airlines-turbulence-flight-may-22-2024/
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00:00 More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight hit by heavy turbulence that
00:06 left dozens injured and one dead reached Singapore Wednesday morning, May 22, after an emergency
00:12 landing in Bangkok.
00:14 The scheduled London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok
00:19 after the plane was buffeted by turbulence.
00:23 Passengers and crew were flung around the cabin, slamming some to the ceiling.
00:27 A 73-year-old British passenger died of a suspected heart attack, and at least 30 people
00:32 were injured.
00:33 Photographs from the interior of the plane show gashes in the overhead cabin panels,
00:38 oxygen masks and panels hanging from the ceiling, and luggage strewn around.
00:43 A passenger says, "Some people's heads slammed into the lights above the seats and
00:47 broke the panels."
00:48 There were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board the original flight.
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