SQ321 LHR-SIN Encountered Severe Turbulence [At least 1 Fatality and 30 Injured]

[Sprucegoose]

As reported in the press the passenger composition on SQ321 was

Singapore Airlines said the nationalities of the passengers were 56 Australians, two Canadians, one German, three Indians, two Indonesians, one from Iceland, four from Ireland, one Israeli, 16 Malaysians, two from Myanmar, 23 from New Zealand, five Filipinos, 41 from Singapore, one South Korean, two Spaniards, 47 from the UK and four from the US.

Interesting, Aussies were the single largest nationality of pax onboard. I bet they wish they had flown QF2 now.

 

[RSD]

As reported in the press the passenger composition on SQ321 was

Singapore Airlines said the nationalities of the passengers were 56 Australians, two Canadians, one German, three Indians, two Indonesians, one from Iceland, four from Ireland, one Israeli, 16 Malaysians, two from Myanmar, 23 from New Zealand, five Filipinos, 41 from Singapore, one South Korean, two Spaniards, 47 from the UK and four from the US.

Interesting, Aussies were the single largest nationality of pax onboard. I bet they wish they had flown QF2 now.

Very interesting considering the wide range of options for Australians to get from London to Oz.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Very interesting considering the wide range of options for Australians to get from London to Oz.

They have clearly voted with their feet and chosen the chicken rice over kangaroo paw soup.

 

[RSD]

They have clearly voted with their feet and chosen the chicken rice over kangaroo paw soup.

Or they haven't gotten AJ out of their system yet!

 

[drron]

Would be interesting to know if F/Jpax were among those injured.

Most of these pax their legs would also be in the "tunnel" if lying flat.

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Reports say that meal service was taking place at the time so many F and J were seeing how much champagne they could drink rather than having their legs in the tunnel.

 

[jb747]

Some passengers have said that the seatbelt sign was on during the incident. It does make me wonder how long the sign had been on for prior to this.

If it was less than a minute or two, I wonder why the pilots didn't see the horrible weather coming?

‘Cos it sometimes isn’t as obvious as you might imagine. We have to accept some level of radar returns, for much of the flight, otherwise you’d be locked into the seat. It’s a game of getting that balance right.

And if it was more than a minute or two, I wonder why so many passengers and crew were out of their seats and/or not wearing a seatbelt.

In QF, whilst we would try to prewarn the crew, once that sign came on they had one minute. At the end of that time the CSM would call the coughpit to let us know the status of the cabin…which included occupied toilets.

An op-ed by one of JB's colleagues. If memory serves, he was one of the crew that dealt with QF32.

An excellent pilot. He instructed me for one of my 380 trips. Very good value.

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Or they haven't gotten AJ out of their system yet!

There’s a orange preparation you can get from chemists that might help.

 

[RSD]

There’s a orange preparation you can get from chemists that might help.

I'm OK - a quick trip to Egypt just after he was retired saw me get Ramses Revenge - bye bye Alan!

 

[LinaLee]

They have clearly voted with their feet and chosen the chicken rice over kangaroo paw soup.

I like chicken rice. It’s not all about AJ

 

[Sprucegoose]

I like chicken rice. It’s not all about AJ

At the grave risk of going OT, we are learning more and more how little it ever was about AJ.

The Emperor has No Clothes!

 

[fly2earth]

They have clearly voted with their feet and chosen the chicken rice over kangaroo paw soup.

Those no shoe bogans must be tired of taking the flying kangaroos and the torpedo platypus

 

[dajop]

Very interesting considering the wide range of options for Australians to get from London to Oz.

I was surprised there were only 56 on board. Some flights seem to have more than that.

Not that interesting. SQ group (including Scoot) have up to 25 flights a day from Australia to SIN and SQ321 connects with flights to MEL, SYD, PER, ADL & BNE. Not to mention a sizable expat population in Singapore itself.

 

[Sprucegoose]

I was surprised there were only 56 on board. Some flights seem to have more than that.

Not that interesting. SQ group (including Scoot) have up to 25 flights a day from Australia to SIN and SQ321 connects with flights to MEL, SYD, PER, ADL & BNE. Not to mention a sizable expat population in Singapore itself.

You could almost call SQ our national airline..

 

[fly2earth]

You could almost call SQ our national airline..

Wow australians must really love singapore. Or you can say singapore basically owns australia. such a big feat for such a tiny country city. Singapore can do in 700km^2 what Australia can do in 8,000,000km^2

 

[Pushka]

Wow australians must really love singapore. Or you can say singapore basically owns australia. such a big feat for such a tiny country city. Singapore can do in 700km^2 what Australia can do in 8,000,000km^2

Except They were flying back from Heathrow. Likely to connect with their flight to Australia. Singapore likely just a transit stop for all but a small minority.

 

[RSD]

You could almost call SQ our national airline..

Good to have options in case QF totally loses the plot...

 

[fly2earth]

Good to have options in case QF totally loses the plot...

You have good taste. I too like to collect airlines in my backpocket. QF is my one of my favourite. And SQ only when redeeming with points cause anything leaving from Aus is cost prohibitive. Rather be flying with Cathay for half the price if paying with cash (plus they have Qantas codeshare). Two of my favourite airlines combined. Qantas and Cathay Pacific, oh my!

 

[Jacques Vert]

Good to have options in case QF totally loses the plot...

IMO they already have.

 

[Princess Fiona]

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[Quickstatus]

What informed the reports of "plunging 7000 feet"?.

 

[dajop]

What informed the reports of "plunging 7000 feet"?.

A very expansive use of the term "plunging"?

The flight radar data available on the internet certainly shows that shortly after the incident the plane did move a vertical distance of 6000-7000 feet in a matter of minutes. If not rushing to generate a headline, a judicious review of other radar data would reveal no significant difference to the usual rates of descent towards the landing airport after coming off cruise.