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On the 21st, Singapore Airlines flight SC321 experienced severe air turbulence, resulting in the death of 1 passenger and injuries of 85 people on the plane.

This flight departed from London, Britain, and was en route to Singapore.

While heading towards Singapore, the plane experienced air turbulence while flying above Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Basin.

Consequently, this forced the airplane to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 3:45 pm (Bangkok time).

According to Srinakarin Hospital, where the passengers and flight crew were sent after the emergency landing, more than 20 passengers reported having spinal cord injuries, and skull, brain, and spine injuries.

During the incident, the aircraft was carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members while flying.

It was discovered that right after the turbulence, the plane went from 37,000 feet to an altitude of roughly 31,000 feet in only a few minutes or 54 meters in seconds.

The cause of the passengers’ injuries is being anticipated as the plane fell quickly after a sudden rise, instead of addressing the cause being the rapid change of altitude.

A 28-year-old student passenger on that plane stated, “Suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up … and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seat belt was launched immediately into the ceiling. Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead.”

Eventually, a 73-year-old British passenger died, being suspected of having a heart attack onboard.

There are currently about 28 passengers still hospitalized in Bangkok.

The passengers included individuals from various nationalities, mostly from Britain, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, and one Korean passenger.

The Singapore Airlines explained the incident that the aircraft experienced a “sudden extreme turbulence.”

After analyzing the satellite data, CNN announced that a thunderstorm was rapidly increasing while the plane flew above Myanmar.

This could be the possible cause of this plane accident.

Meanwhile, on last 26th, 12 people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane was flying from Doha to Dublin, Ireland, after experiencing air turbulence.

This incident led to 12 passengers being injured.

These similar plane accidents involving air turbulence are very unpredictable.

Moreover, it can be caused by several other external factors such as jet streams, atmospheric pressure, cold or warm fronts, thunderstorms, and air surrounding mountains.

However, the United States CNN introduced a study published last year that found that the duration of severe turbulence on one North Atlantic route had risen 55 percent between 1979 and 2020.)

Moreover, the study announced that “Clear air” turbulence, which refers to violent and sudden shifts in air that are nearly invisible is rising due to climate changes caused by rising carbon emissions, research shows.

These changes in climates on Earth are caused by rising carbon emissions, as many research shows.

In other words, there could be a higher possibility for planes to experience air turbulence even more often from now on.

Experts advise aircraft passengers to fasten their seatbelts to minimize the harm from a possible airplane accident.