Passengers of air turbulence-hit flight arrive in Singapore

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Passengers who were on a flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok yesterday afternoon after encountering severe air turbulence arrived at Changi Airport in Singapore this morning, with almost all briskly escorted out of the baggage collection area by Singapore Airlines staff.

 

The Straits Times reported that there were hugs and some tears as they reunited with worried family members and loved ones, and airport staff or personnel wearing Singapore Airlines vests ushered them to the arrival pick-up point. 

 

Their uneventful departure from the airport was a stark contrast to the ordeal that the passengers had experienced the day before, when SQ321 experienced sudden extreme turbulence over the Irrawaddy Basin about 10 hours after departing from London. 

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-05-22

 

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[PJ71]

3 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Ive been on that airline..never again...just had a bad gut exp the whole time with them......

 

and even the slightest drop on a plane send me into panic.....i can only imagine what the inside of that plane looks like

 

here come the lawsuits.......kudos to the crew and swampy for the quick response!

Lawsuits - why?

[dddave]

14 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Lawsuits - why?

Singapore Airlines is one of the world's best run airlines.  They will take care of medical claims quickly and very quietly.

[nobodysfriend]

They returned to Singapore ?

They were originally headed somewhere else I recall ...?

[Puccini]

13 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

They returned to Singapore ?

Actually, they did not "return" to Singapore, since it was a scheduled non-stop flight from London to Singapore but with a non-scheduled emergency landing in Bangkok. Therefore, one could say that they moved on or continued to Singapore, their intended destination. For the passengers who are residents of Singapore, one could of course say that they returned home to Singapore.
 

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They were originally headed somewhere else I recall ...?

 

The news articles did not mention whether any passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight had connecting flights booked to another destination.

[Lorry]

10 hours ago, Puccini said:

The news articles did not mention whether any passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight had connecting flights booked to another destination.

I read about half of the passengers were headed to Australia or New Zealand