7 Singapore Airlines Turbulence Facts: Causes To Casualties

Singapore Airlines illustration (photo: UNSPLASH/Troy Mortier)

YOGYAKARTA Singapore Airlines SQ321 aircraft to London-Singapore experienced severe turbulence on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The following is the fact of Singapore Airlines turbulence, ranging from causes to fatalities.

This incident killed one person and dozens more were injured. The pilot then made an emergency landing at Suvawenahumi Airport Bangkok, Thailand.

1. Rampage of turbulence

Turbulence is a condition in which the plane is caught in a sudden change of airflow, as the plane becomes a annihilation.

According to the Channel News Asia page, senior aviation consultant at market research firm Frost and Sullivan, Shantanu Gangakhedkar said that turbulence could be caused by several things, storms, clouds, jet streams, and so on.

The most difficult cause of turbulence to predict is clear air turbulence (CAT), which can occur without visible evidence.

In the turbulence experienced by Singapore Airlines SQ321 aircraft, the vertical speed of the aircraft jumped rapidly to 1,664 feet per MAY before falling to 1,536 feet per minute in three seconds.

2. Chronology of turbulence

Singapore Airlines SQ321 to London-Singapore suddenly experienced para turbulence while cabin crew were serving breakfast.

Oxygen bags fell automatically in front of passengers who shocked one plane. The pilot also asked for an emergency landing at Suvawenhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand.

Turbulence occurred above the Irrawaddy Basin over Myanmar about 10 hours after the flight. The pilot declared a medical emergency and diverted the flight to Bangkok.

3. Casualties

Bangkok's Suvarnabehumi International Airport general manager, Kittipong Kittikachorn said that a 73-year-old British man died from Singapore Airlines turbulence.

He added that currently the authorities are waiting for a medical report on the victim. However, the death toll suffered from heart disease.

4. Injured victims

The number of injured victims as a result of the Singapore Airlines SQ321 plane turbulence reached 71 people. Six of them were seriously injured, according to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, Bangkok. The hospital said six people were seriously injured.

5. Natural aircraft extem turbulence

Aviation observer Alvin Lie told Channel News Asia that turbulence in Singapore Airlines is classified as the highest classification according to the National Weather Service of the United States National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA).

With this condition, the plane can be adrift hard and almost impossible to control. It can also cause structural damage.

6. Condition of passenger cabin

The passenger's cabin was badly damaged after Singapore Airlines SQ321 experienced extreme turbulence. Oxygen masks appear to be hanging on the ceiling, with passenger food and luggage scattered on the floor.

7. Passenger testimony

A student from Malaysia, Dazfran Azmir, who took part in the Singapore Airlines SQ321 flight, revealed the incident during the turbulence.

He felt restless because the Boeing 777-300R plane he was traveling on tilted up and started shaking

Azmir also strengthened himself and checked whether 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 them," Azmir told Reuters.

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

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