Severe Turbulence on Singapore Airlines Flight Leads to Intensive Care for 20 Passengers

A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore experienced severe turbulence, leading to the diversion of the plane to Bangkok. Twenty passengers are receiving intensive care, with 58 still under treatment and 27 discharged. One passenger died from a suspected heart attack.

Twenty people onboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence on Tuesday are currently under treatment in intensive care facilities, Bangkok's Samitivej Hospital said in a statement on Wednesday.

The hospital said a total of 58 people were still under treatment at multiple medical facilities, and 27 had been discharged.

The scheduled London-Singapore flight was diverted to Bangkok after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some into the ceiling. One passenger died of a suspected heart attack.