Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun at a major defense conference in Singapore next week.
Singapore Airlines changes policies, prepares to pay damages after turbulence incident
Singapore Airlines may have to pay passengers affected by a severe turbulence incident on their flight. It's also updating policies in the aftermath.
Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens
Singapore Airlines says it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures.
The Architect Who Made Singapore’s Public Housing the Envy of the World
With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, Liu Thai Ker replaced squalid slums with spacious high-rises. A recent spike in some sale prices, however, has saddened him.
Singapore Airlines alters seatbelt policy after fatal turbulence incident
After a passenger died aboard one of its flights earlier in the week, Singapore Airlines is making changes to its in-flight seatbelt policy.
Welshman tried to save Singapore Airlines victim
A backpacker from Wales rushed to perform CPR for 30 minutes on a passenger who had a fatal heart attack aboard the Singapore Airline flight. Toby Pearl, 21, from Abergavenny, was on the flight from London Heathrow to Singapore on Tuesday with his friend Liam James-Morris when the plane hit severe turbulence.
Passengers Had Seconds To React As Turbulence Hit Singapore Flight
A Malaysian woman whose six relatives and a friend were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by deadly turbulence this week said on Friday they had only seconds to react before the plane started to plunge.
Old Singapore Airlines footage recirculates after flight’s high-altitude ordeal in 2024
Old footage showing items scattered on a Singapore Airlines plane cabin's floor has been viewed more than one million times in posts falsely linking it to a flight that hit extreme turbulence over Asia on May 21,
Singapore Air Changes Seatbelt Rules After Fatal Turbulence
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 ...