Downed Boeing jet
20 passengers in intensive care after emergency landing
The violent turbulence on the Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore is still having severe repercussions for numerous passengers. In addition to one fatality, several people are now struggling with spinal cord and spinal column injuries, and 20 passengers are still in intensive care. A video now shows the severe damage to the Boeing aircraft (see above).
The Boeing 777 with 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board hit an air pocket over the west coast of Myanmar on Tuesday and plummeted almost 2000 meters. A 73-year-old British man died, presumably of a heart attack. His wife and dozens of other passengers and crew members were taken to various hospitals after the emergency landing in Bangkok.
Paralysis still not ruled out
It is still too early to say whether some of those affected will suffer permanent damage such as paralysis, the director of the Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, told journalists in Bangkok on Thursday. Other patients had suffered skull or brain injuries.
The hospital director was quoted by Channel News Asia (CNA) as saying that a total of 20 injured people were still in intensive care. 17 people had been operated on. The patients are between two and 83 years old.
A slight sigh of relief: no one's life is in danger any more
Some people were in mortal danger after landing, but are no longer in a critical condition, Adinun Kittiratanapaibool continued. Most of the injured were not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the sudden turbulence.
More than 140 passengers and crew members who were uninjured or only slightly injured were taken to Singapore on a special flight on Wednesday.
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