KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The Singapore Airlines (OTC:) (SIA) plane used for the flight on which a passenger died during severe turbulence returned to Singapore on Sunday, five days after an emergency landing in Bangkok, Channel News Asia ( CNA) reported.
A 73-year-old British man died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured on Tuesday after flight SQ321 flying from London to Singapore encountered what the airline called sudden severe turbulence while flying over Myanmar.
The flight, carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members, diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing. At least 43 people on board remain hospitalized in Bangkok, a hospital in the Thai capital said on Saturday.
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed that flight SQ9071 took off from Bangkok at 03:49 GMT on Sunday and arrived in Singapore at 05:39 GMT.
“SIA has received the necessary approvals from the relevant authorities in Singapore and Thailand, investigators and the aircraft manufacturer, and the aircraft was cleared by our engineering and flight teams before departure,” Singapore Airlines told CNA.