One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence

One person has been killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that was hit by severe turbulence.

The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:00 GMT).

Flight SQ 321 was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew, the airline said in a statement.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      The Boeing 777-300ER was designed and built in the early 2000s, long before Boeing had its current quality issues. From the “I’m not saying this happened” statement, it sounds like the person who died didn’t have a properly fastened seat belt.

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        26·
        6 months ago

        Yep, turbulence will affect any plane, it’s not like things would’ve been different on an Airbus.

        • Gilles_D@feddit.deEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          On a general note, I believe both 787 and A350 do possess a scintillometer to measure CTA to some degree.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      This has nothing to do with their newer malfunctioning planes. The 777 has been in service for over 30 years at this point.

      • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        “No way, the 777 isn’t THAT old of a plane!”

        <checks Wikipedia>

        First flight June 12, 1994 Introduction June 7, 1995

        Oh, that’s why my back hurts.

    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Fuck Boeing for many reasons but I don’t expect them to control the weather ahead of their flights. I don’t get any indication from the article that there was any incompetence involved unless I missed something.