Alright folks, buckle up for this one.
Imagine you’re on a Singapore Airlines flight, cruising smoothly over the Indian Ocean, everything is fine.
You’re almost at your destination.
Then suddenly the plane hits turbulence.
That’s okay, turbulence happens.
But this turbulence is akin to a thrill ride at an amusement park that everyone is too scared to ride.
The plane suddenly drops 6,000 feet in about three minutes!
Yeah, it’s like a rollercoaster from hell.
And those that didn’t buckle up, were slammed into the ceiling.
Unfortunately, this terrifying ride claimed the life of a British passenger and left more than two dozen others injured.
To add a bit more drama to the story, the flight then had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, navigating through stormy weather.
Just another day in the skies, right?
How will Boeing make it up to these people?
Give them free flight tickets?
JUST IN: Boeing offers condolences after a passenger was killed on a Boeing 777 plane, says their “thoughts” are with the passengers and crew.
In total 30 people were injured and a 73-year-old British man was killed.
The incident happened after the plane fell a whopping… pic.twitter.com/qWyVjMroqF
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 21, 2024
MSN reports:
BANGKOK (AP) — A Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and descended 6,000 feet (around 1,800 meters) in a span of about three minutes, the carrier said Tuesday, leaving a British man dead and more than two dozen other passengers injured.
The flight was then diverted and landed in stormy weather in Bangkok.
Authorities said the 73-year-old British man may have suffered a heart attack, though that hasn’t been confirmed. His name wasn’t immediately released.
The Boeing 777 flight from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore, with 211 passengers and 18 crew members aboard, landed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airline said in a Facebook post.
British passenger Andrew Davies told Sky News that “anyone who had a seatbelt on isn’t injured.”
He said that the seatbelt sign was illuminated, but crew members didn’t have time to take their seats.
“Every single cabin crew person I saw was injured in some way or another, maybe with a gash on their head,” Davies said. “One had a bad back, who was in obvious pain.”
Emergency medical crews rushed to help the passengers. Videos posted on the LINE messaging platform by Suvarnabhumi Airport showed several ambulances streaming to the scene.
Kittipong Kittikachorn, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, told a news conference on Tuesday night that the British man appeared to have suffered a heart attack, but medical authorities would need to confirm that.
He said that seven passengers were severely injured, and 23 passengers and nine crew members had what he described as moderate injuries. Sixteen other people with less serious injuries received hospital treatment, while another 14 were treated at the airport, according to Kittipong.
Kittipong said the sudden descent happened as passengers were being served their food. It was Suvarnabhumi Airport’s first time handling a midair turbulence related death, he added.
Thai airport authorities said that the passengers with minor injures, and those who are not injured, are being assisted at a specially assigned location inside the airport terminal.
Thailand’s transport minister, Suriya Jungrungruangkit, said Singapore was dispatching another plane to transport those who could travel to the city-state’s Changi airport.
Tracking data captured by FlightRadar24 and analyzed by The Associated Press show the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,300 meters).
At one point, the Boeing 777-300ER suddenly and sharply descends to 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) over the span of about three minutes, according to the data. The aircraft then stayed at 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) for under 10 minutes before diverting and landing in Bangkok less than a half-hour later.
The sharp descent in turbulence happened as the flight was over the Andaman Sea, near Myanmar. The aircraft sent a “squawk code” of 7700 at that time, an international emergency signal.
There’s a few in the comments pointing out how the signs point to this being an error of the pilot.
Was the pilot a DEI hire?
This passenger comment about a pitch up followed by a drop hints that the cause may have been a stall while at high altitude. Pilot error is usually the cause of this, but an error in the autopilot flight logic can’t be ruled out yet. pic.twitter.com/x8z6EZWFGJ
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) May 21, 2024
And lets not forget the hidden camera that revealed that those that work on Boeing wouldn’t fly them because they see how they’re being made and don’t trust them.
This passenger comment about a pitch up followed by a drop hints that the cause may have been a stall while at high altitude. Pilot error is usually the cause of this, but an error in the autopilot flight logic can’t be ruled out yet. pic.twitter.com/x8z6EZWFGJ
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) May 21, 2024
One flight to Bangkok makes a hard man humble?
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