BRIT KILLED ON TURBULENT-HIT SINGAPORE AIRLINES FLIGHT - LIVE UPDATES

A 73-year-old British passenger on board a Singapore Airlines has been killed and seven others are fighting for their lives after extreme turbulence caused mayhem in the cabin and forced pilots to make an emergency landing.

After leaving London last night at 22.17pm local time with 211 passengers and 18 crew on board, the Boeing 777 plane encountered severe difficulty after hitting an air pocket near Myanmar airspace which resulted in a sharp drop of 6,000 feet in five minutes.

Terrified passengers described how they had little warning to strap on their seatbelts before the aircraft plummeted, with one recounting how people were 'launched into the ceiling' as the plane fell through the sky.

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2024-05-21T11:09:37Z dg43tfdfdgfd