A minimum of one individual died and a number of others have been injured after a airplane encountered extreme turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore, Singapore Airways mentioned on Tuesday.
The airplane, a Boeing 777-300ER, was diverted to Bangkok, the airline mentioned 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. Knowledge on Flight Radar 24, an internet site that compiles public details about flights, seems to point out that about 11 hours later, it went from cruising at 37,000 toes to an altitude of roughly 31,000 toes in only some minutes.