Number Of Victims Injured Due To Singapore Airlines Aircraft Turbulence Reaches 71 People

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JAKARTA - Singapore Airlines flights that experienced severe turbulence while on their way to Singapore from London left 71 people injured, according to Samitivej Hospital Srinakarin, Bangkok. The hospital said six people were seriously injured.

Previously, Kittipong Kittikachorn, general manager of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in the capital Thailand, said seven people were seriously injured.

Those injured included Malaysian nationals, Britain, New Zealand, Spain, the United States, and Ireland.

Previously, a student from Malaysia, Dzafran Azmir, told of the moments of the Singapore Airlines plane turbulence incident. He felt anxious because the Boeing 777-300R plane was tilted upward and began to vibrate

The 28-year-old strengthened himself and checked if he was wearing a seat belt. Many other passengers did not, he said.

"Suddenly there was a very drastic decline so that everyone who sat and did not wear a seat belt was immediately thrown into the ceiling, several people hit their heads against the baggage cabin above and pressed," Azmir told Reuters, Tuesday, May 21.

"People fell to the floor, my phone slipped from my hand and thrown several alleys to the side, people's shoes were thrown," he continued.

One passenger died and another 30 were injured after a flight from London fell into an air bag before experiencing turbulence on the way. This condition forced him to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and airlines said.