The plane, Singapore Airlines A Boeing 777 model that covered the route between London and Singapore on the 21st was flying over southern Burma (Myanmar) when it entered an area of turbulence that caused one death and injuries.
A altitude loss of some 54 meters due to the “rapid change in gravitational force” caused one death and more than 100 injuries among passengers who were not wearing seatbelts during flight SQ321, the preliminary incident report notes this Wednesday.
Singapore authorities detailed the chronology of the incident after analyzing data stored in the flight data recorder and in the voice recorder in the plane’s cabin (known as black boxes), in an investigation in which representatives of the US authorities and the Boeing company also participated.
Turbulensi yang luar biasa mengerikan.
Pesawat Singapore Airlines turun mendadak dari 37 ribu kaki ke 31 ribu kaki di perjalanan dari London.
Kabarnya ada satu penumpang yang bahkan meninggal dunia.pic.twitter.com/FoJanWJl93
— Zulfikar Akbar (@zoelfick) May 21, 2024
The black boxes of an airplane are crucial devices for the investigation of air accidents. Record conversations sounds and other communications in the flight deck. Additionally, it stores a variety of flight parameters, such as altitude, speed, position, and performance of aircraft systems.
“The rapid changes in gravitational force over a 4.6-second duration resulted in a altitude loss of 178 feet (54 meters). “This sequence of events likely caused the injuries to the crew and passengers,” states the report published by the Singapore Ministry of Transport.
What happened to the wounded?
Several of the injured passengers are still in the hospital.
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The airline indicated that 45 passengers of the flight, in which one person died of a heart attack, remain in the Thai capital, while the entire crew has already returned to Singapore.
He also said that They have treated more than 100 people wounded by the terrible experience. He indicated that other local hospitals have been asked to lend their best specialists to assist in treatments. He asked not to be identified because of hospital policy.
As a result of the incident, the airline announced last Friday that it has decided suspend food service on flights when the seat belt alert is turned on, a period in which the crew must also remain seated and strapped in.
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