Singapore Airlines: Over 20 people being treated for spinal injuries after extreme turbulence hit flight from London
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- Author, Jacqueline Howard
- Role, BBC News
BANGKOK, Thailand: More than 20 people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by intense turbulence on Tuesday are in intensive care with spinal injuries, according to the head of a hospital in Thailand.
A 2-year-old child was among the patients being treated at a hospital in the Thai capital, where the flight from London made an emergency landing.
Total, 46 passengers and two crew members He is still receiving treatment in Bangkok, the airline said.
Passengers told the BBC they felt the plane descend suddenly and that many who were not wearing seat belts “suddenly went towards the ceiling.”
Hospital director Samitevezh Srinakarin said: 41 passengers are still there Half of them are in intensive care.
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Edinun Kittiratanapaibool reported that 22 people on board the plane suffered spinal injuriesWhile six others are in critical condition due to life-threatening injuries.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 between London and Singapore experienced severe turbulence, killing 73-year-old Briton Geoff Kitchen and injuring dozens of people.
Kitchen is believed to have died of a heart attack.
of those currently in hospital six with skull injuries and 13 with muscle and soft tissue conditionsAs well as spine and spinal cord injuries.
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17 people have undergone surgeryNine of which were related to spinal cord injuries, Adinun said.
He said that the 2-year old child is undergoing treatment.
Those being treated include 10 Britons, nine Australians, seven Malaysians and four Filipinos. The oldest patient is 83 years old.
Boeing 777-300 – who carried 211 passengers and 18 crew members– Faced severe turbulence in the Indian Ocean.
The flight was diverted to the Thai capital.
A rescue plane carrying the remaining passengers and crew arrived in Singapore early Wednesday.
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong apologised to all those affected by the “sudden and extreme turbulence”.
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