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An accident occurred on a Singapore Airways flight sure for London and Singapore on Tuesday, killing one individual and injuring dozens of others. The reason for the accident is at the moment below investigation.
The airline’s flight SQ321 was en route from London Heathrow to Singapore on Tuesday with 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board when it encountered turbulence over the Andaman Sea. The airplane all of a sudden dived, killing an aged British man.
The corporate mentioned the Boeing 777 descended to six,000 ft (about 1,830 meters) in about three minutes.
The captain diverted the airplane to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the place a medical staff examined these on board.
Bangkok hospital authorities launched the most recent figures on Wednesday.
85 sufferers have been admitted to hospitals for therapy, 27 have been discharged and 20 stay within the ICU.
Sufferers in intensive care embody six Britons, six Malaysians, three Australians, two Singaporeans, and one affected person every from Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Philippines.
Relations of the injured arrived one after one other. The household got here from the UK to go to their dad and mom who have been injured within the incident.
