1y ago

One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence

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Singapore Airlines: Briton killed and dozens hurt in severe 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.

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1y ago

Singapore Airlines: Passengers recall horror as turbulence hit flight

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One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence

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1y ago

One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence

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As human caused climate change worsens, air turbulence will increase.
- 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.
  
  Haha! Ahhh yeah. Fun to think about but no, we’re way past that.
  However, private rail might make a comeback.
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.
- Or it was on and some people didn't listen
- As if people actually care about the seatbelt sign
  "Hurr Durr if the plane crashes seatbelts aren't going to save you"
- Either way, seatbelts should always be buckled while seated. The seatbelt sign turned off doesn't negate that.
- clear air turbulence
  Is that like black ice for planes?
  
  Shit i guess it is
- He was an older gentleman that died of stroke, but yes, many people are in the hospital with fractured bones
One person has been killed and several others injured
“I was covered in coffee,” Andrew from London tells our colleagues on 5 Live.
- 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
- Andrew had one of the worst days in his hot, wet life.
- 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
- 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
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.
- That doesn't even look that bad.
- 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.
  
  Yep, turbulence will affect any plane, it's not like things would've been different on an Airbus.
- This has nothing to do with their newer malfunctioning planes. The 777 has been in service for over 30 years at this point.
  
  “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.
- 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.

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