Singapore Airlines Ltd. has introduced tighter cabin restrictions when aircraft hit turbulence after one passenger died and scores were injured on a flight from London earlier this week.
Singapore Airlines turbulence probe, Hong Kong restaurant service, Indonesian couple’s twist of fate: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
From severe turbulence hitting a Singapore Airlines flight to an Indonesian couple’s strange twist of fate, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
Brother of former Singapore PM ordered to pay $296,000 in defamation suit
The brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been ordered by a court to pay S$400,000 ($296,000) to two government ministers in a defamation suit, according to a written judgment published on Friday.
Singapore Sees Taiwan as One of Most ‘Dangerous Flashpoints’
Taiwan has become “one of the most dangerous flashpoints” in the region as US-China rivalry intensifies, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Friday.
News live: Australian passenger on Singapore horror flight says wife has severe spinal injury and ‘we just want to go home’
High levels of blue-green algae have been detected in the lake, according to the alert, with algal bloom expected to remain until there is significant rainfall to flush the lake. Warning signs have been installed at the lake and people are urged to avoid direct contact with affected water.
Singapore’s 2024 GDP forecast kept at 1% to 3%, economy grows 2.7% in Q1
Singapore has maintained its gross domestic product growth forecast for the year at a range of one to three per cent as its economy grew by 2.7 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the fastest pace in 18 months.
Singapore Air tweaks seatbelt sign policy, alters route after turbulence incident
SEOUL, - Singapore Airlines has tweaked its in-flight seatbelt sign policies and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this week killed one person and left dozens more hospitalised, according to the airline and flight data.
Passengers On Turbulent Singapore Flight Suffered Brain, Skull, Spine Injuries
Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit extreme turbulence over Asia suffered skull, brain and spinal injuries, the head of a Bangkok hospital said Thursday. Twenty people remain in intensive care in the Thai capital, where flight SQ321 made an ...
Singapore Airlines: First picture of man killed on board Boeing 777 which hit severe turbulence
The plane, bound for Singapore, had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Images taken there show emergency services swarm the jet but Mr Kitchen, believed to be from Thornbury, Gloucestershire ...
Fliers Are Freaking Out Over Safety After Boeing, Singapore Air Mishaps
The reality, statistics show, remains that getting on a Boeing or Airbus SE jetliner is still exponentially safer than the drive to the airport. Last year, there wasn’t a single fatality among the 37 million commercial airline flights.
Australia news live: new bird flu case in Victoria; three Australians still in intensive care after horror Singapore flight
We have never treated people with these kinds of injuries caused by turbulence. Seventeen surgeries have already been performed – nine spinal surgeries and eight for other injuries. All passengers in the ICU were in a stable condition,
Singapore Airlines apologises to injured Australians seeking medical evacuation
Adelaide man Keith Davis and his seriously injured wife are visited by the head of Singapore Airlines in a Bangkok hospital, as they seek a medical evacuation to Australia.
What can and can’t be learnt from Singapore
What a close brush with disaster, readers will think. What a potential loss to English letters and the Clerkenwell restaurant trade. Relax. This happened in one of the safest countries on Earth. I got my infant meanderings out of the way in Singapore.
Bangkok hospital says several badly injured on turbulence-hit Singapore flight need spinal surgery
A Bangkok hospital says many of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence need operations on their spines.
A flight attendant was burned by boiling water, and an elderly woman didn’t know where she was after massive turbulence on a Singapore flight, passenger says
"I remember kind of waking up on the floor, and listening to people crying," Josh Silverstone, who was on the flight, said.
Several injured passengers on turbulence-hit Singapore flight need spinal surgery, hospital says
Passengers have described the “sheer terror” of the aircraft shuddering, loose items flying and injured people lying paralyzed on the floor of the plane.