[KARAH RUCKER]
MOST OF THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE ABOARD A BATTERED SINGAPORE AIRLINES FLIGHT FINALLY MADE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION THIS MORNING. THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT FROM LONDON ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE ON TUESDAY. A 73-YEAR-OLD BRITISH PASSENGER DIED OF A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK AND AT LEAST 30 OTHERS WERE INJURED.
TEN HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT — THE BOEING TRIPLE 7 — CARRYING 211 PASSENGERS AND 18 CREW MEMBERS — WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN BANGKOK AFTER A SUDDEN DESCENT OF 6-THOUSAND FEET — LIKELY CAUSED BY CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SPOKE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ON THE PLANE.
DZAFRAN AZMIR
PASSENGER
“I saw people from across the aisle just going completely horizontal, hitting the ceiling and landing back down in really awkward positions. People, like, getting massive gashes in the head, concussions.”
[KARAH RUCKER]
MOST PASSENGERS CONTINUED TO SINGAPORE ON A RELIEF FLIGHT, WHILE 79 ARE STILL IN BANGKOK, INCLUDING THOSE WHO are HOSPITALIZED.
THE U.S. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND SINGAPORE’S TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION BUREAU ARE AMONG THE AGENCIES INVESTIGATING THE TURBULENCE.