One dead, 30 reported injured as Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence

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A Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday (May 21) due to severe turbulence with one passenger on board dead and multiple injuries.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/kzQma  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Singapore Airlines flight was hit by severe turbulence and forced to divert to Bangkok

00:07on Tuesday.

00:09One passenger died and about 30 others were injured following the turbulence.

00:14The flight SQ321, carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members, landed at the Suvarnabhumi

00:21International Airport at 3.45pm.

00:25The aircraft departed from London's Heathrow Airport Monday evening and was supposed to

00:29land at Singapore's Changi Airport at 6.10pm.

00:33A passenger on the flight described the incident as an awful experience, saying that he had

00:38helped out as much as he could.

00:40He said his heart went out to the male victim who died in the incident.

00:44The airline said they were working with the Thai authorities to provide the necessary

00:48medical assistance and were sending a team to Bangkok to help out.

00:59Singapore's Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said he was deeply saddened by the incident

01:04and his ministry and other agencies are providing support to the affected passengers and their

01:09families.

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