1 dead after severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight

The Boeing 777-300ER on a flight from London to Singapore was forced to divert to Bangkok and landed at 3.45pm.

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[ChrisJ-iksq]

Back the 70's while leaving Bangkok, my dad was almost arrested for not giving up my seat to another passenger as the flight was over sold. My dad had a full fare ticket for me, but they still tried to get my dad to hold me the entire 8 hour flight. He didn't back down and very well saved my life as we too hit bad turbulence that day.

[alexsoon]

The plane plunged 6000 feets within 3 minutes. A typical story of a building is about 3 meters in height. 6000 feets is around 1828 meters which is around 700 stories height. Now, imagine you jump off a 700-stories building and spend 3 minutes dropping. To add on to it, imagine no seat belt is attached.

[zkfwrll]

That's why it is advisable to keep your seat belt securely fastened at all times when in your seat and don't move about too much.

[Alaska-Express]

I work in Suvarnabhumi Airport, I'm happy to help you guys.

[rameshmishra]

777 Boeing is the safest Air Craft, bad weather rarely unmanageable, Singapore Airlines is well managed.

[charlesaj]

Flying without wearing the seat belt is like swimming in Australia or South Africa thinking that shark attacks are less then car accidents.

[charonsherrard]

Everyone has always got their camera rolling these days. Why is there no video footage of the plane going through turbulance and people screaming.

[zzzowie]

Some media reports have erroneously reported the descent toward Bangkok from 37, 000 feet to 31, 000 feet as the turbulence event. This was a standard controlled descent to a new flight level, and was after the turbulence

[parrotbrand]

For those who says turbulence is harmless if you have your seatbelt on, remember that one Boeing 707 in Japan was ripped apart by turbulence in 1966. Everyone died whether you have seatbelt on or not. That is why airplanes try to avoid storms and planes wait a while for other planes to clear the area before they take off.

[nelaVanBrussel]

And it seems that there was criticism ! First turbulence doesn’t send a message it is coming second ALWAYS keep your safety belts on ! You never know. The proof : here you have it.

[Alaska-Express]

I am in Thailand. I am happy that my country helps fellow human beings.❤❤

[han]

Always wear your seatbelt all time.This is scary.

[tomcollett]

The airline only ever had that one fatal accident prior to this, which happened nearly 24 years ago. I've had a bit of experience flying with them myself in 2010, and I do remember encountering turbulence on several occasions, moreso on the return flights from Japan as there was some fairly turbulent weather forming over the Pacific at the time. Generally, as soon as they encounter turbulence, the "fasten seat belt" signs are activated and they don't get turned off until several minutes of no turbulence have passed, so I'd say this event must have happened quite suddenly.

[rit]

that’s why you should wear seat belt all the time…

[slej]

Cruising at 37, 00 ft over the Andaman Sea when it suddenly dropped 6, 000 ft. Most of them caught unaware

[OciLife]

Thnx To the Team crew God use your Hand to protect all the Passengers

[Makminah_]

Man, they need to be more aware to avoid air pockets or heavy clouds during flights. This gotta stop worldwide.

[ibsn]

Every article on this - the plane “FELL 6000 feet in 3 minutes”. That = 2000 feet a minute. A NORMAL descent is 3500 feet which means in 3 minutes a normal descent would be closer to 11500 feet.

[bodhi]

This must have happened extremely quick or we'd be seeing 5, 000 videos from passengers. I can't even imagine turbulence being this bad.

[november]

How can we stay safe if we are in line for/in the toilet?