British passenger dies after Heathrow flight encounters heavy turbulence
More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight in which one person died during heavy turbulence finally reached Singapore on Wednesday, while 20 are still fighting for their lives in a Bangkok hospital.
The London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft was diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday after the plane was hit by turbulence that threw passengers and crew around the cabin and knocked some into the ceiling.