one dead and 30 injured on a flight

At least one passenger died and more than 30 people were injured this Tuesday on a Flight from London to Singapore that suffered severe turbulence. «Suddenly, the plane began to tilt and there were tremors. Then it began to fall, causing everyone who was not wearing a seat belt to be thrown against the roof. “Some people hit their heads on the luggage cabins and dented them.” This is the testimony collected by Reuters from one of the passengers, a 28-year-old student named Dzafran Azmir.

The Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER, carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew, was diverted to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, where it landed at 3:45 p.m. local time. The plane plummeted about 1,800 meters in just five minutes as it crossed the Andaman Sea and approached Thailand.