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.
Singapore Airlines issues update on passengers seriously injured on UK flight
Singapore Airlines has announced that 46 passengers and two crew members are still in the hospital receiving treatment after the ill-fated flight that saw a British man die. The airline's chief executive Goh Choon Phong has been meeting passengers ...
Allianz is lead insurer for Singapore Airlines plane-sources
Allianz is the lead insurer for the Singapore Airlines aircraft which left one person dead and scores injured after it hit severe turbulence and had to be diverted to Bangkok this week, two sources said on Thursday.
Taylor Swift and Coldplay concerts may have saved Singapore’s economy from shrinking last quarter
Strong services spending, spurred from superstar concerts, offset a decline in manufacturing in the first quarter of 2024.
Singapore posts fastest growth in 18 months as outlook improves
Singapore's economy grew 2.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the quickest pace in 18 months, data showed on Thursday as the government said it expected manufacturing and trade-related sectors to improve over the course of 2024.
S. Korea ‘monk’ DJ ditches robe to avoid Singapore ban
A controversial South Korean DJ "monk" will avoid a ban in Singapore by performing in the city-state without his robe or any religious references, a nightclub hosting him said Thursday. He is scheduled to perform next month at a nightclub in Singapore,
President Tokayev makes his first state visit to Singapore
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is making his first state visit to Singapore. The three-day visit starting today (22 May) is expected to strengthen Singapore's ties with the Central Asian state.
Shaken passengers arrive in Singapore after deadly turbulence-hit flight
More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight on which one person died during heavy turbulence finally reached Singapore on Wednesday, with 20 still fighting for their lives in a Bangkok hospital.
Singapore Doubles Down on Executions
On May 8, Singapore’s home minister, K. Shanmugam, announced that the Post-Appeal in Capital Cases Act (PACC), which was passed in 2022, would imminently come into force. This law will severely curtail prisoners’ ability to appeal their convictions and ...