The latest update from hospital authorities in Thailand revealed the scale of the injury toll as bodies catapulted into the cabin roof and personal belongings were hurled around the aircraft.
Fourteen people on board needed surgery, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said on May 22. Altogether, some 58 patients in three hospitals and clinics in the Thai capital were still receiving treatment.
SIA’s deadly turbulence leaves one dead and 20 in intensive care
Twenty people remained in intensive care in Bangkok on May 22, more than 24 hours after deadly turbulence hit a Singapore Airlines (SGX:C6L
) (SIA) flight and forced the plane into an emergency landing.
One British man was killed, and dozens of other people were seriously hurt after Flight SQ321 from London to Singapore suddenly lost altitude as it entered Thai airspace.
