Tragic Turbulence: What Went Wrong on the Heathrow to Singapore Flight | This Morning

Passengers onboard a flight from London Heathrow to Singapore experienced every holiday-maker’s worst nightmare - when the flight hit severe turbulence leaving one British passenger dead, and several others injured. But how rare is this type of turbulence? And should you be concerned about your next flight? We’re joined by commercial airline pilot Mike Davies, alongside former cabin crew Charmaine Davies who says this should serve as a reminder of why passengers should always keep their seatbelts securely fastened. 

Broadcast on 22/05/2024

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[h.louise]

I love that the pilot clarified the 6, 000ft descent. Thank you.

[shahiskandar]

Seatbelts on at all times. The cabin crew is at higher risk. They’re constantly walking up and down the aisle to make sure we’re safe and preparing meals on top of that.

[mindseye]

I love Pilots...they're so fkn cool. They talk facts, cut through the BS drama and hyperbole and have a good sense of humor. My dad was a pilot....I miss him so dearly!

[adi]

Captain has beautifully explained what pilots do in turbulence. He has reassured nervous flyers like me that not every drop is an imminent crash. Although our brain thinks it is.

[gallway]

BIG RESPECT TO THAT PILOT 🙂🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍👍 WHAT A DECENT MAN !!!!

[susanlim]

The pilots at the cockpit have done a good job, to weather thru this unexpected turbulence! Bravo for their steadiness.

[sadib]

knowing that the pilots are in communication with eachother on their own frequency actually makes me feel a lot more comfortable to fly

[lynand]

These 'Interviewers' clearly dont know what they are talking about, I'm glad that pilot was there to explain it to them.

[frannyp]

Typical media making a huge song and dance about it. Thanks to the pilot for keeping it real.

[jorge]

The pilot called the hosts out on their bs about the plane plunging 6, 000 feet....

[PaulIves]

This pilot flew us home yesterday from the Caribbean!! We encountered 3+ hours of turbulence and he was very reassuring

[romualdojoven]

High respect to all the cabin crews, because in cases of severe emergencies they are always the last person to leave the aircraft and ensuring that all passengers has been evacuated. ❤❤

[LeeAviation]

5:47 Thank you for confirming this. I’m an avgeek myself, training to be a pilot soon, and the amount of people I had to explain that a plane can’t just plunge is insane. So thank you!

News anchors love to dramatise and it gets really annoying sometimes. It’s scaring people at this point and isn’t even true!

[blureader]

Only last year, Hawaiian Airlines had an event of severe turbulence and people were severely injured. The overhead bins and the ceiling above the seats were broken due to passengers hitting their heads. I'm not sure why that event did not get the media attention this event has. That convinced me to keep my seatbelt fastened, even though not as tight as I have it during take off and landing. I'm glad this is being discussed globally.

[mindful]

I didn't like the body language of the 2 hosts when mentioning the death of a passenger. They looked too casual, insincere and completely without any sense of respect. Shame.

[peterbalac]

Thank you to the pilots and aircrew, did an amazing job 👏👏

[SwivelJack]

The female host is making a weird grimace as if someone just spilled coffee over her shirt, and the female flight attendant is actually grinning like a Cheshire cat. A person died! But hey it's just one....not enough to at least pretend to put a sad face on. unbelievable. I hope that gentleman's family never get's to see this video.

[_Urahara_Kisuke_]

So unfortunate and tragic. May the elderly gentleman RIP and condolences to his loved ones.

[elisabethmuston]

I'm so glad this pilot made the point out the fact about the media and this includes the main stream media dramatizing advents like what has happened, this pilot pointed out the facts and told it like it is and not dramatised reporting so good on this pilot and the air hostess explaining and not creating drama where is not needed and to leave your seat belt on at all times, I to have experienced bad turbulence many years ago, nothing to what we have seen here but still it was very bad, so glad im a person who leaves there seat belt on when in a plane always, it's very sad what has happened to everyone on this flight, R.I.P to the gentleman who passed away our sincere condolences to his wife, family and friends, to all who were injured we wish you all the very best recoveries 🇦🇺

[nur_aryani]

for those of use living in the SEA region, we have been experiencing heavy thunderstorms several times over this past 3-4weeks...erratic weather of high temperatures for several days followed by heavy rains or heavy thunderstorms.