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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Evans and Simon Calder

Singapore Airlines: British man killed and seven fighting for life after ‘traumatic’ turbulence on UK flight

EPA

A British man has been killed and seven people are in a critical condition after being injured in a harrowing flight from London to Singapore which was hit by severe turbulence.

Passengers aboard the Singapore Airlines flight were dramatically flung into the air after the plane was forced to drop 6,000ft within minutes due to weather conditions. The pilots were then forced to carry out an emergency landing in Thailand shortly before 4pm local time.

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