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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    31·
    6 months ago

    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@infosec.pubEnglish
      26·
      6 months ago

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

      • Gilles_D@feddit.deEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

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