A London to Singapore flight experiencing “severe turbulence” has left at least one person dead and thirty injured.

The flight was rerouted to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, according to Singapore Airlines, which reported that multiple individuals were hurt.

TFD – A recent airline turbulence accident on a Singapore Airlines flight resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries. The flight, rerouted to Bangkok, experienced severe turbulence, highlighting the dangers posed by unexpected air pockets.

When a jet was struck by “severe turbulence,” at least one passenger died and thirty were injured, according to a statement released by Singapore Airlines on Tuesday.

The message on Facebook stated that the flight from London to Singapore was rerouted to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where it landed at 3:45 p.m. local time (4:45 a.m. ET). The statement went on, “We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER.”

Thirty individuals needed hospital care, according to a later statement from the corporation. According to the report, other travelers who had more minor wounds received care at the airport.

The deceased’s age, according to Kittipong Kittikachorn, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, was 73 years old on Tuesday.

He mentioned that the person had certain medical issues that would have resulted in a deadly cardiac arrest without identifying if they were a guy or a woman.

He also stated at a press conference that at least seven people had serious injuries.

Although an inquiry would be conducted, Kittachorn stated that “air pockets” were the cause of the turbulence.

In addition to sending a team from the airline to Bangkok to help, Singapore Airlines expressed its “deepest condolences to the family of the deceased” and stated that it was coordinating with Thai authorities to “provide the necessary medical assistance.”

The jet took off on Monday at 10:38 p.m. London time (5:38 p.m. ET), and FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, reports that the flight was uneventful.

However, after almost ten hours, the aircraft saw a dramatic drop in altitude, falling from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet in only five minutes, according to FlightAware data. It fell about seven hundred feet in one swift lurch.

The airliner started its descent into Bangkok less than ten minutes later.

Dzafran Azmir, a 28-year-old passenger, reported feeling as though he was rising and then dropping.

“Abruptly, the aircraft began to tilt upward and tremble, so I began to prepare for the situation. Suddenly, there was a sharp decline, causing everyone who was seated and hadn’t fastened their seatbelt to be launched straight into the ceiling,” he said to Reuters.

The student said, “Some people hit the baggage cabins overhead and dented it; they hit the areas where the masks and lights are and broke straight through it.”

According to a National Transportation Safety Board analysis from 2021, aircraft accidents caused by turbulence are the most frequent kind.

The NTSB discovered that from 2009 to 2018, turbulence was the cause of over one-third of all airline accidents, with the majority leading to one or more significant injuries but no damage to the aircraft.