Singapore flight air turbulence accident, 104 people injured, 22 people's spine broken, 6 people had serious head injuries

The aircraft, flying from London to Singapore, encountered sudden turbulence on Tuesday and plummeted 6,000 ft in about three minutes, killing a 73-year-old British man, probably of a coronary heart assault.

There have been a complete of 229 individuals on board the plane, together with 211 passengers and 18 crew members.

The oldest affected person admitted to hospital on account of accidents attributable to turbulence was 83 years previous.

Kittiratanapaibool mentioned 40 sufferers from flight quantity SQ321 are admitted to the hospital.

About 60 passengers have been injured when the aircraft all of a sudden skilled intense turbulence over the Irrawaddy basin at an altitude of 37,000 ft, about 10 hours after takeoff. The flight from London to Singapore was pressured to land in Bangkok in an emergency.