One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence

One person has been killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that was hit by severe turbulence.

The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:00 GMT).

Flight SQ 321 was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew, the airline said in a statement.

fireweed, (edited )

Wow that map of the wiggly London-Singapore flight route really drives home how many airspaces these Europe-SE Asia flights have to skirt around.

ShepherdPie,

That doesn’t even look that bad.

Corngood,

One person has been killed and several others injured

“I was covered in coffee,” Andrew from London tells our colleagues on 5 Live.

Hugh_Jeggs,

Oh my god Andrew, that must’ve been simply awful for you, poppet

We didn’t need the “from London” bit, we could tell by the way he’s a cunt

GBU_28,

Lol they clearly asked him what he personally experienced. I’m sure the dude would have started with “what happened to others on the flight is terrible” or similar

WhyDoYouPersist,

Andrew had one of the worst days in his hot, wet life.

variants,

This new flyer left his half filled coffee cup in the seat pocket and it got on my sweater on the way out, I had to wear a stink sweater with old coffee on my chest for the next 12 hours. I feel your pain Andrew from London

comrade19,

If 20 more were injured then the seatbelt sign probably wasn’t on, which means they probably hit clear air turbulence in cruise. Usually the planes ahead will report anything like that so the ones behind it will know what’s coming, but this must’ve been a big bit of windshear one out of nowhere.

geophysicist,

Or it was on and some people didn’t listen

BossDj,

Either way, seatbelts should always be buckled while seated. The seatbelt sign turned off doesn’t negate that.

Damage,

As if people actually care about the seatbelt sign

“Hurr Durr if the plane crashes seatbelts aren’t going to save you”

TriPolarBearz,

clear air turbulence

Is that like black ice for planes?

comrade19,

Shit i guess it is

TheEighthDoctor,

He was an older gentleman that died of stroke, but yes, many people are in the hospital with fractured bones

Jakdracula,
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As human caused climate change worsens, air turbulence will increase.

phdepressed,

Hey, maybe when the rich (who fly a heck of a lot) start getting a little uncomfy we can actually do something about that climate change thing.

homesweethomeMrL,

Haha! Ahhh yeah. Fun to think about but no, we’re way past that.

However, private rail might make a comeback.

phdepressed,

The rich go international more than most. And boats are a heck of a lot slower than planes.

Baggie,

You’re right, but once we’re feeling effects of that magnitude we’re already pretty much screwed. We’d need long term corrective action, and basically manually reverse all the damage we’ve done. it bought as well be teraforming at that point.

Baggie,

Fuck yeah train pirates

BlackEco,
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    Aurenkin,

    Fuck Boeing for many reasons but I don’t expect them to control the weather ahead of their flights. I don’t get any indication from the article that there was any incompetence involved unless I missed something.

    bassomitron,

    This has nothing to do with their newer malfunctioning planes. The 777 has been in service for over 30 years at this point.

    thejml,

    “No way, the 777 isn’t THAT old of a plane!”

    <checks Wikipedia>

    First flight June 12, 1994 Introduction June 7, 1995

    Oh, that’s why my back hurts.

    FlyingSquid,
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    The Boeing 777-300ER was designed and built in the early 2000s, long before Boeing had its current quality issues. From the “I’m not saying this happened” statement, it sounds like the person who died didn’t have a properly fastened seat belt.

    jonne,

    Yep, turbulence will affect any plane, it’s not like things would’ve been different on an Airbus.

    Gilles_D,

    On a general note, I believe both 787 and A350 do possess a scintillometer to measure CTA to some degree.

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