1 dead, others hurt from severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight to London, airline says

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1 dead, others hurt from severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight to London, airline says

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Singapore Airlines says a person has died and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence.

Boeing plane with 229 people on board diverted to airport in Bangkok

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Ambulance workers wait at an airport.
This image taken from video shows ambulance workers awaiting the arrival of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 after the passenger aircraft was diverted to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport due to severe turbulence on Tuesday. (Phongsak Suksi/Reuters)

Singapore Airlines says a person has died and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence.

Singapore’s Flight SQ321 from Heathrow was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 3:45 p.m. local time at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airline announced on its Facebook page.

The airline said the aircraft was a Boeing 777-300ER with a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.

Local emergency crews from Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital were on site to transfer injured people off the runway for treatment.

Videos posted on the LINE messaging platform by Suvarnabhumi Airport showed a line of ambulances streaming to the scene.

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