The preliminary safety investigation reveals new details of what happened during a few turbulent minutes aboard flight SQ321. The incident resulted in one death and dozens of passengers injured.
On May 20, Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 took off from London’s Heathrow Airport at 10.15pm local time with 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board.At 3.49.21pm , while cruising at 37,000 ft, the plane started to vibrate, likely after entering an area of convective activity —upward and downward currents of air often associated with thunderstorms.pitched the aircraft downward to return to 37,000 ft.
The investigation aligns with flight-tracking site Flightradar24’s data, which is obtained from a global network of receivers, satellites and radars that receive information from aircraft transponders.
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