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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Bumpy ride? Everything you need to know about turbulence on flights after British Airways crew are injured

Nick Morrish/British Airways

A British Airways flight from Singapore to London Heathrow hit such severe turbulence over the Bay of Bengal that the plane had to return to its starting point where possible damage was checked. Several BA cabin crew were injured in the incident in the early hours of 16 June.

One newspaper report was headlined: “We were in freefall for 1,000ft.” That did not happen.

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