One Fatality, Dozens Injured Following Emergency Landing of London-Singapore Flight – One America News Network
OAN’s James Meyers
8:40 AM – Tuesday, May 21, 2024
A chaotic flight kills a 73-year-old British man and leaves 30 other passengers with injuries after a Singapore Airlines Boeing flight hit severe turbulence Tuesday.
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The terrifying flight was sent plunging 6,000 feet and sent unrestrained travelers crashing into overhead bins.
“Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased,” the airline said in a statement. “We deeply apologize for the traumatic experience that our passengers and crew members suffered on this flight.”
According to local authorities, the identity of the dead passenger hasn’t been released yet, but they believe he may have suffered a heart attack.
According to multiple passengers aboard the flight, those who were not wearing seatbelts were launched into the ceiling when the plane dropped all of a sudden.
“Suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling,” said Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old student on board the flight.
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