Not less than one individual died and a number of others have been injured after a aircraft encountered extreme turbulence on a flight between London and Singapore, Singapore Airways stated on Tuesday.
The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, diverted to Bangkok, the airline stated in an announcement on social media, and landed at 3:45 p.m. native time on Tuesday.
The flight, which had 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board, had left Heathrow Airport on Monday. The common flight time of that route is slightly below 13 hours.
The flight, SQ321, took off from London Heathrow at 10:38 p.m. native time on Monday. Information on Flight Radar 24, an internet site that compiles public details about flights, seems to indicate that about 11 hours later, it went from cruising at 37,000 ft to roughly 31,000 ft in just a few minutes.
