Chaos In The Sky: One Dead and Dozens
Hospitalized After ‘Severe Turbulence’
on Flight to Singapore
Gateway Pundit,
by
Ben Kew
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/21/2024 12:43:29 PM
At least one person has died, and dozens more have been hospitalized after a Singapore Airlines flight was hit by “severe turbulence” on Tuesday morning.
The flight from London to Singapore was forced to divert to Bangkok after a sudden and severe drop in altitude sent some passengers flying into the ceiling. (X Video) Singapore Airlines said in a statement:
Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore on 20 May 2024, encountered severe turbulence en-route. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok and landed at 1545hrs local time on 21 May 2024.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
red1066 5/21/2024 12:48:39 PM (No. 1722196)
I wonder if the seat belt sign was off. I never unfasten my seat belt when flying. However, I've never experienced turbulence that was bad enough to send people flying into the ceiling of the aircraft either.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 5/21/2024 1:03:54 PM (No. 1722210)
I loosen my belt when the seat belt light goes off. The only time I'm unbelted is a trip to the restroom.
People are amazingly unaware of the danger of being unbelted in an aircraft or automobile.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 5/21/2024 1:23:38 PM (No. 1722223)
Another article I read was quick to point out this was a Boeing plane.
Boeing. Schmoeing. ANYTHING flying in that weather would have a problem flying.
Agree w #2. ALWAYS stay belted, even loosely.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 5/21/2024 1:37:01 PM (No. 1722230)
Where's the 'journalism'? It was a Boeing and they failed to put that in the headline.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 5/21/2024 2:14:11 PM (No. 1722244)
Clearly this must be some sort of a unique Boeing design flaw.
/s off
So sick of the endless hit job on Boeing. IMO, prior to the McDonnell-Douglas takeover, Boeing was by far the best aircraft company. McD-D was always second rate, Airbus didn't exist, and Lockheed lost their butt financially in the L-1011, after building around 20 years of production had still not broken even on the aircraft, and permanently dropped out of the airline market.
But the McD-D 'cheaper is better' and never risk any money culture gradually overwhelmed the Boeing "engineering the best possible aircraft" and "you bet the company" approach. So, when they finally moved the HQ away from Seattle, apparently so that the Big Bosses didn't have to hear the whining from the production engineers so frequently, they started on a downhill spiral.
I'd still trust any Boeing over any Airbus, because of the extreme overreliance of Airbus on excessive computer automation, to the point of causing a number crashes when the pilots couldn't figure out what the hell the automated systems were doing to them in time to avert the crash.
But the Boeing of old, a great, wonderful ENGINEERING and DESIGN company has been gradually overcome by bean counters and Chicago woke B-school grads.
But, many/'most of the Boeing hit pieces are just Airbus propaganda. And the 737/800 Max deal was a total CROCK. It was literally incompetent 3rd world pilots who couldn't deal with a minor mechanical malfucntion caused by their crappy third world maintenance crews. It literally involved turning off the runaway system, pushing a button right next to the throttle. This is called "runaway trim' and has been a possible failure mode for any aircraft with electric trim, meaning any airliner in the last 70 years. One US freind, a 737 pilot for a major airlines laughed and said "I'd fly that aircraft any day, even with the broken system. Not any sort of a big deal."
Boeing isn't the company it once was, too much dysfunctional McDonnell-Douglas DNA was injected. But they are not the big bad boogey man, either. And Airbus has SERIOUS design concept problems that they will never change. They are absolutely convinced that less pilot control is better.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/21/2024 6:58:15 PM (No. 1722386)
I nearly hit my head on the overhead bin before because didn't listen quickly enough to the captain's words of warning of severe chop ahead. I do as I am told now - immediately. It is not something to take lightly at all. Where did this happen to me? In my birth state of Illinois. On approach to Chicago O'Hare. Of all places, right?
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