Month: May 2024

Early investigations into severe turbulence that hit a Singapore Airlines flight last Tuesday reveal it dropped around 178ft (54m) over 4.6 seconds. One British passenger died and dozens more were injured when the London-Singapore flight encountered the turbulence over Myanmar and had to make an emergency landing in Thailand.

Dozens of passengers suffered injuries on a Singapore Airlines flight due to “rapid changes” in gravitational force and a 54-metre altitude drop, a preliminary investigation has found. A 73-year-old British man died of a suspected heart attack and ...

A sudden 54-metre altitude drop caused unbelted passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by deadly turbulence to be thrown violently inside the cabin, causing injuries, the transport ministry said Wednesday.

Passengers aboard the Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight that hit extreme turbulence last week had seconds to react between the moment the seatbelt sign came on to when the aircraft encountered severe changes in the forces of gravity,

The Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft used for a flight in which a passenger died during severe turbulence returned to Singapore on Sunday, five days after its emergency landing in Bangkok, the carrier said in a statement.

Injuries on board a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight last week were likely caused by rapid G-force fluctuations that sent those who weren’t buckled in into the air before falling back down during the span of 4.