Preliminary findings of an investigation into a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence show a rapid change in gravitational force and a 54-metre altitude drop caused injuries. A 73-year-old passenger died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured, including 12 Australians and a permanent resident, after flight SQ321, from London to Singapore, encountered what the airline described as sudden, extreme turbulence over Myanmar.
Australian passenger Keith Davis recalled being thrown to the ceiling in “literally seconds” as the plane plunged, leaving him with cuts and bruising and his wife Kerry Jordan needing emergency spinal surgery. Photographs of the cabin showed gashes in the overhead cabin panels, oxygen masks and panels hanging from the ceiling and luggage strewn around. A passenger said some people’s heads had slammed into lights above the seats and broken the panels.
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