One Dead After Singapore Air Flight Hit By Severe Turbulence
- Fatalities caused by turbulence are extremely rare incident
- Boeing aircraft forced to make emergency landing in Bangkok
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A British man was killed and seven other people were critically injured after a Singapore Airlines Ltd jet flying from London to its home country encountered severe turbulence as it entered Thai airspace.
Another 16 passengers were hospitalized with head and arm injuries, Kittipong Kittikachorn, the general manager of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, told reporters at a news conference in Bangkok Tuesday. The British passenger who died was 73 years old and suffered a suspected heart attack, Kittipong said.