The Singapore Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday hit an air pocket in Thai airspace before severe turbulence left one person dead, said an official at the Thai airport where the plane flew. landed.
Kittipong Kittikachorn, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, told a news conference that a 73-year-old British man died in the accident, probably due to a heart attack.
In addition, seven people were in serious condition after suffering head injuries. One crew member was hospitalized.
It has not been possible to reconstruct the incident from publicly available tracking data at this time.
However, a spokesperson for the specialized website FlightRadar 24 highlighted that it was analyzing data indicating that the plane moved upwards and returned to cruising altitude within a minute.
Singapore Airlines, which is widely recognized as one of the world's leading airlines and a benchmark for much of the industry, has not had any serious incidents in recent years.
Source: CNN Brasil
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