One dead as London to Singapore flight hit by ‘severe turbulence’
Al Jazeera
One person has died and several were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence, the airline says.
The Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok, where it landed at 3:45pm (08:45 GMT) on Tuesday.
Flight SQ321 “encountered severe turbulence en route”, Singapore Airlines said in a statement on its Facebook page.
“We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER.”
There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.
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