LONDON and HONG KONG — One person was dead and several others injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post.
The Boeing 777-300ER departed London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday with 221 passengers and 18 crew members on board, according the airline.
The flight, SQ 321, encountered turbulence about 90 minutes from its destination of Singapore and it was diverted to Bangkok, Thailand, the carrier said.
A Singapore airline aircraft is seen on tarmac after requesting an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024.
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“Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased,” the airline said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft.”
The aircraft appeared to have encountered the turbulence somewhere over the Andaman Sea.
A worker wipes a Singapore Airlines logo at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB, Internationale Tourismusboerse) in Berlin on March 6, 2023.
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The flight, which had been scheduled to arrive at Singapore Changi Airport, instead touched down in Thailand at about 3:45 p.m. local time, the carrier said.
ABC News’ Joe Simonetti and Helena Skinner contributed to this report.
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