(Adnkronos) – 58 passengers remain hospitalized at the Smitivej hospital in Bangkok – of which 20 in intensive care – of the Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore, hit yesterday by extreme turbulence which caused one death and dozens of injuries on board the flight. plane, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in Thailand. According to the hospital where 104 passengers on the flight were treated, several people are in critical condition. While the only victim, a 73-year-old British citizen, died during the flight from a suspected heart attack. The CEO of Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Phong, apologized to passengers, saying that the airline is “very sorry for the traumatic experience” they experienced, the BBC reports. The plane, with 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board, was flying over Myanmar, over the Irrawaddy basin, after ten hours of flight, when it encountered turbulence. In a video statement released today, Goh said the company was “cooperating fully with the relevant authorities in their investigation” into what happened. Singapore Airlines is considered among the best airlines in the world: accidents are rare. The precedent with fatal consequences dates back to 2000, when a Boeing 737 crashed on takeoff in Taiwan. 83 of the 179 passengers had died. —internazionale/[email protected] (Web Info)
