A 73-year-old British man was killed and more than 30 people were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok.
The Boeing 777-300ER, bound for Singapore, made an emergency landing at 15:45 local time (9:45 in Portugal) due to severe turbulence. A total of 211 passengers and 18 crew members were on board the plane, the airline said in a statement quoted by the BBC.
“Singapore Airlines expresses its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased,” the company said in a statement on social media site X.
Thai authorities sent ambulances and emergency teams to Suvarnabhumi Airport.
According to passengers, the plane crashed suddenly and people and objects were thrown into the cabin. Video posted on a messaging platform at Suvarnabhumi Airport showed a line of ambulances arriving at the scene.
“I was covered in coffee,” Andrew, a passenger from London, told BBC 5 Live. After the turbulence subsided, the man managed to help the passenger, who was “screaming in agony” and who had “cut her head.”
Another passenger told Reuters the plane suddenly began to “tilt and shake.”
“I started to prepare for what was happening, and suddenly there was a very sharp fall, so that everyone who was sitting and not wearing a seat belt was immediately thrown towards the ceiling,” said 28-year-old student Jafran Azmir.
In accordance with BBCThe airline said 31 people on board the plane were taken to hospital.
Singapore Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said the government would provide assistance to passengers and their families.
Images taken inside the plane show chaos after the emergency landing.
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