Seven injured, including one hospitalised, as Singapore-Guangzhou Scoot flight hit by turbulence
SINGAPORE, Sept 7 – Seven people were injured after a flight from Singapore was hit by turbulence as it was approaching Guangzhou.
One of those hurt was later taken to hospital.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed safely at 9.10am local time.
“We can confirm that four passengers and three crew members received medical assistance immediately upon arrival in Guangzhou," said Scoop, as reported by The Straits Times.
“As at Sept 6, 8.30pm local time, one passenger was hospitalised for further observation.”
The airline said that welfare of its passengers and cabin crew was its priority and it would provide all necessary support and assistance required.
Scoot did not elaborate on the number of passengers and crew on board the flight.
According to FlightRadar24, the flight TR100 that departed Singapore at about 5.45am, was flying at 35,000 feet at about 500 knots past midway its journey, before it suddenly dropped 25 feet and slowed to 262 knots.
Data then showed the plane returning to its original altitude and speed.
On September 5, a Turkish Airlines flight departing Istanbul to Taipei encountered severe turbulence resulting in two out of 17 crew members and five of the 214 passengers on board injured. Two were taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, a person was taken to the hospital after a United Airlines flight from Mexico was diverted to Memphis, Tennessee from its original destination in Chicago, because of severe turbulence on Aug 28.
In May, a Singapore Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Bangkok after falling into an air pocket in Thai airspace before it encountered turbulence, saw in one man killed and seven people critically injured on board,
A BBC report in May cited a 2024 study that said that aircraft encounter moderate to “severe or greater” turbulence 68,000 times every year.
