More than 140 passengers and crew members of a Singapore Airlines flight which had been involved in a mid-air drama that resulted to several injuries at one death on board reached Singapore earlier Wednesday in a relief flight, following an emergency landing they made in Bangkok.
On Tuesday, the Airline said that turbulence weather over the Indian Ocean led to a Singapore. Descent to drop at the rate of 1,800 meters in just three minutes of a flight in an airplane. Unfortunately, the violent movement resulting from turbulence may have caused a heart failure to a 73-year-old British man, which resulted in his death.
The 777 was on a flight from Heathrow airport in London to Singapore and was carrying 211 passengers together with 18 crew members on board. The airline stated that three passengers was Indian origin however it did not state their situation.
Due to the ongoing instability and terrible weather conditions, the airplane was rerouted and was able to make a safe landing in Bangkok. Officials said that a number of passengers were affected and some even sustained life-threatening injuries.
Andrew Davies claimed to Sky Television News that even though there was a lighted seat belt sign, crews failed to hold on properly. He recalled that all the members of the cabin crew had got injuries. Some of them having gashes on their heads, and one who seemed to be suffering from a bad back.
Davies reported, “I even saw every single cabin crew person with some sort of wound, perhaps a head wound that bled. ”One female was limping and appeared to be in a lot of discomfort; she said her back was troubling her.
It also noted that the majority of those onboard were Australian, with 56 people being specifically identified. The airline provided the breakdown of nationalities as follows: Australia (56), Canada (2), Germany (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Iceland (1), Ireland (4), Israel (1) , Malaysia (16), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (23), Phillipines (5), Singapore (41), South Korea (1), Spain (2), United Kingdom (47) United States of America (4).
