SINGAPORE: Two years after Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London was affected by turbulence so severe that the pilot was forced to land in Thailand instead of going on to Changi Airport, the final report from the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau was released earlier this week.
The May 21, 2024, flight had been in the air for more than 10 hours and was at 37,000 feet when it encountered turbulence. The incident, one of the worst involving turbulence in aviation history, resulted in one death and multiple injuries to the 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board.
Fifty-one of the passengers and crew sustained severe injuries, including an Australian woman who was paralysed from the waist down after a grave spinal injury. Twenty-two people, meanwhile, were slightly injured.
Turbulence caused the plane to fall by 178 feet (54.25 m) in less than five seconds and by 6,000 feet (1.8 km) in around five minutes.
Earlier this month, it was reported that three passengers who had been on the flight were suing Singapore Airlines.
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