Images have revealed damage caused to a Singapore Airlines plane after Flight SQ321 from London Heathrow was caught in turbulence.
One person was killed during the incident, with multiple people injured.
Images from inside the plane, which was heading to Singapore – but diverted to Bangkok, Thailand – reveal the damage caused during the turbulence.
One passenger on board said the plane suffered a “dramatic drop”, suggesting people not wearing a seatbelt were “launched immediately into the ceiling”.
“The crew and people inside lavatories were hurt the most because we discovered people just on the ground not able to get up,” Dzafran Azmir said.
“There were a lot of spinal and head injuries.”
People dropped to the ground, he said, and his phone “flew out” of his hand and “went a couple aisles to the side”, while people’s shoes “flung about”.
Once the plane was on the tarmac, nurses and rescue workers came in to check on the injured, Mr Azmir said.
“I don’t think they anticipated how bad it was,” he added.
Pic: Reuters
Ambulances later arrived and Azmir said he saw at least 8 people on stretchers being pulled out of the emergency exits. It took 90 minutes to evacuate the plane, he said.
Images showed damage to the ceiling of the cabin, and food, cutlery and other debris strewn on the floor in the aftermath of the incident.
Pic: Reuters
The flight, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER jet, departed at 10.17pm on Monday and was diverted to Bangkok, landing at 3.45pm local time (9.45am BST) on Tuesday.
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