Video shows Singapore Airlines cabin in disarray after ‘severe turbulence’ leaves 1 dead

Video has emerged showing the interior of a Singapore Airlines Boeing plane in disarray after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok this week following “severe turbulence” that caused a dead passenger.

Footage captured Tuesday shows debris strewn across the cabin of Singapore Airlines Flight 321 and apparent blood spatter on an overhead compartment.

“I’ve never experienced anything like this in all my years of flying,” Andrew Davies, a traveler on the London-Singapore flight, told Reuters.

“There was kind of an immediate disbelief at first, and then the plane was very… it seemed very flat, and it was obvious that the (deceased) man needed help,” he said. he adds. “So I got up and helped some passengers get him out of his seat and we laid him on the floor near the bulkhead so the doctors on the plane, there were passengers who luckily, were doctors, could administer CPR to this gentleman “On the plane, they administered CPR for, I think, about 20 minutes. ”

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Davies said there was an Australian woman on board the plane “who spent the remainder of the flight” holding the hand of the dead man’s wife. Davies described the wife as “seriously injured”, while the deceased was identified in media reports as a 73-year-old British man.

Davies told Reuters that the Australian traveler was “comforting her and talking to her and keeping her company, and (it was) nice to see the kindness in people and, you know, people helping each other and doing what they do.” take care of each other and help each other, be kind.”

“Every cabin crew member I saw was injured,” he also said. “I didn’t see anyone working for Singapore Airlines who wasn’t injured. There was a cabin crew member in front of me who… had a lot of back pain. But he continued to serve people and help people and get medical help as much as he could. I think the Singapore Airlines staff were lovely, you know, my heart goes out to them because they also went through a terrible ordeal.”

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Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that 74 passengers and six crew members remained in Bangkok, including “those receiving medical treatment, as well as their family members and loved ones who were on board the flight.” The others arrived in Singapore after boarding another plane. He said Tuesday that the plane encountered “severe turbulence.”

“On behalf of the Board of Directors of Singapore Airlines, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of our passenger who died on May 21, 2024 in the SQ321 incident,” said Peter Seah, Chairman of Singapore Airlines . “I assure all passengers and crew members who were on board the aircraft that we are committed to supporting them during this difficult time.”

A hospital where the injured were taken in Bangkok told The Associated Press on Wednesday that 20 people from the flight were being treated in its intensive care unit, while a total of 104 had received medical attention.

“I only have a cut on my eye and a chipped tooth, it could be a lot worse,” Josh Silverstone, a 24-year-old who was among those released from the hospital Wednesday, told the AP . “Everything was fine until I got back to the airport and I couldn’t stop throwing up. I couldn’t walk, it was really bad.”

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“I woke up on the floor, I didn’t realize what had happened, I must have hit my head somewhere,” he added. “There were people lying on the ground, they were paralyzed.”