1 dead, others injured after 'severe' turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says

The Singapore Airlines formation was traveling from London to Singapore.

One idiosyncratic has died aboard a London-Singapore formation that encountered terrible turbulence, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday, successful which the level seemingly plummeted for a fig of minutes earlier it was diverted to Bangkok, wherever exigency crews rushed to assistance injured passengers amid stormy weather.

The Boeing 777-300ER, with a full of 211 passengers and 18 unit members connected board, landed successful Bangkok astatine 3:45 p.m. (0845 GMT), the hose said successful a Facebook post.

Tracking information captured by FlightRadar24 and analyzed by The Associated Press showed the Singapore Airlines formation cruising astatine an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,300 meters). Just aft 0800 GMT, the Boeing 777 abruptly and sharply pitched down to 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) implicit the span of immoderate 3 minutes, the information shows.

The craft stayed astatine 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) for conscionable nether 10 minutes earlier rapidly descending and landing successful Bangkok successful conscionable nether fractional an hour. The descent happened arsenic the formation was implicit the Andaman Sea approaching Myanmar.

Emergency crews from Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, astir 20 kilometers (12 miles) distant from Suvarnabhumi Airport, were connected tract to transportation injured passengers from Flight SQ321 from Heathrow disconnected the runway for treatment. Videos posted connected the LINE messaging level by Suvarnabhumi Airport showed a enactment of ambulances streaming to the scene.

"Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the household of the deceased," the hose said. "We are moving with the section authorities successful Thailand to supply the indispensable aesculapian assistance, and sending a squad to Bangkok to supply immoderate further assistance needed."