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More than 20 people are in intensive care with spinal injuries after severe turbulence aboard a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday, the head of a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, said.
A 2-year-old boy is among the patients being treated at a hospital in the Thai capital where the flight from London was made an emergency landing.
total, 46 passengers and two crew members They are still receiving treatment in Bangkok, the airline said.
Passengers told the BBC they felt the plane descend suddenly and many of those not wearing seat belts were “suddenly pushed towards the ceiling”.
Hospital Director Samithivej of Srinagar said: 41 passengers are still there. About half of them are in intensive care.
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Adinun Kitiratanabaibul declared 22 passengers on the flight suffered spinal cord injuriesSix others are in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 between London and Singapore experienced severe turbulence, killing 73-year-old Briton Geoff Kitchen and injuring dozens of people.
Kitchen is believed to have died of a heart attack.
Among those who are now in hospital are: Six skull injuries and 13 muscle and soft tissue conditionsas well as spinal and spinal cord injuries.
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17 people have been operatedNine of these were related to spinal cord injuries, Adinun said.
A 2-year-old boy is undergoing treatment for brain death.
Among those receiving treatment are 10 Britons, nine Australians, seven Malaysians and four Filipinos. The oldest patient was 83 years old.
Boeing 777-300 – carried 211 passengers and 18 crew members– There was severe turbulence in the Indian Ocean.
The flight was diverted to the Thai capital.
The rescue plane arrived in Singapore early Wednesday morning carrying the remaining passengers and crew.
Singapore Airlines chief executive Koh Soon Fong apologized to all those affected by the “sudden and extreme turbulence”.
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