Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence | DW News

we begin with breaking news one person has died and several more were injured during severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore the Singapore Airlines Boeing trip 7 was diverted to Bangkok where Emergency Services were on the ground a Witnesses said turbulence led to those not wearing seat belts hitting overhead cabins an airline spokesman has confirmed the fatality and injuries there were 21 passengers and 18 crew on board let’s bring in Jacob Goldberg again he’s a journalist in Bangkok and has been following the latest developments for us what more can you tell us at this hour I believe a press conference has revealed more details that’s right the press conference was just held with um a representative from uh from the airport um there were previous reports in local media of a second fatality it’s possible that those were made in error Singapore Airlines has confirmed that there was one fatality of a 70-year-old British national and uh that fatality is believed to be related to a heart condition um there’s also it’s also been reported that there are seven passengers in critical condition uh and uh 18 in total who have been hospitalized can you tell us more about actually what went on on board based on footage uh on shared by passengers on social media um the the plane experienced a pretty severe uh drop in altitude uh it was reported later that it was probably 1.8 km uh drop in about 4 minutes and the the footage shows drinks and food flying everywhere and there have also been some images shared of damage to the overhead compartments the ceiling of the plane uh when passengers were launched into the air uh by the turbulence so we’re talking a mid-flight incident where people some people weren’t uh locked in where stewards and St daners were uh serving people that’s right um people who were not wearing their seat belts uh were launched into the ceiling of the plane fortunately most people were wearing their seat belts which is why out of the roughly 200 passengers um most people weren’t injured and in fact about half of them will be flown onto Singapore today um can you tell us uh more about how common these kinds of incidents are I mean anyone who’s flown has gone through some sort of turbulence but uh we’re talking about a severe incident here this that’s right this is a severe incident of turbulence um turbulence is definitely common um in fact injuries related to turbulence are the most common forms of injury uh in for an in an aircraft that doesn’t cause cause damage to the aircraft itself um there’s been some recent research showing that a severe turbulence is is becoming more common because of climate change which warms the atmosphere um usually it doesn’t result in in fatalities or injuries like this so this might be an outlier or a sign of uh worsening turbulence Jacob thank you very much for bringing us the latest Jacob Goldberg journalist centered in Bangkok thank you

One person has died and several more were injured during “severe turblence” on a flight from London to Singapore. The Singapore Airlines Boeing was diverted to Bangkok, where emergency services were on the ground. A witness said turbulence led to those not wearing seatbelts hitting overhead cabins. An airline spokesman has confirmed the fatality and injuries. There were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.

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31 comments

  1. Change the route to more southern. Like Qatar and Emirates. This is monsoon. They should not fly where land and sea collide🌊+⛰️=💨!!!
    Also why are they still flying over conflict zone like Ukraine.

  6. I used to think that flying in a Tupolev passenger aircraft would be a friggin scary ordeal, now such terror comes to mind when confronted to having to be flown in a Boeing aircraft.

  8. Now they are blaming the turbulence on 'climate change' and not the Pilots' crew or the aircraft maintenance conditions…🙄

  18. Clear Air turbulence is invisible to radar. The only way to be aware of it, is if a previous aircraft flying through the same area has experienced turbulence. And contacts ground control in the area to warn other aircraft.

  20. Not the people blaming the plane…..a year ago, Lufthansa A330 from Austin to Frankfurt experienced heavy turbulence, no one is blaming Airbus.

  25. Just speaking from my understanding as a researcher with a background in fluid dynamics, more frequent occurence of severe turbulence is a rather expected consequence of climate change. Not an exact analogy, but everyone is familiar with the convective (hot air going up) current over a heated road in summer that creates that shaky view over it. That's a consequence of warming of the ground at a small scale. Now, in the scale of the earth, with oceans, mountains, forests, deserts, glaciers, and the rotational motion, it is a way more complex phenomenon. Also, it is very unpredictable due to very nature of the equations that define them ( there is in fact 1 million prize for the one who can solve the Navier Stokes equations analytically).
    It's a bit scary, but just like more frequent occurrence of floods and draughts now a days, the next thing climate change will bring is more air turbulence. Nothing comes for free. We developed our civilization, expandaded our habitat, removed forests, and so on. So just have to accept that we also have to pay the price. There will be consequences.

  28. That’s what happens when all governments are bought by the fossil fuel lobbies and are just not acting on climate change. This is going to get worse as the planet warms year-by-year. WE’VE GOT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
    Germany, get on it!

  30. Hi, I don't know how many people have ever noticed this, I have, you are flying from point A to Point B and at one point during the flight the fasten seat belt sign goes on and off, on and off at intervals, I tend to listen and follow and if it persists I just leave the seat belt on. If the flight is smooth and the fasten seat belt sign remains off, you can leave it off until preparations for landing, but in the case of this SQ flight and if I was on it and the sign was going on and Off, my seat belt would remain on.

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