Several Singapore Airlines' flight passengers, hit by turbulence, need spinal surgery: Report
livemint.comAP reported Bangkok's Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital as saying.According to the report, 27 people remained in intensive care, and a 73-year-old British man died after the flight ran into bad turbulence over the Andaman Sea. This led to hurling items and passengers and crew members around the cabin.The hospital's public relations officer stated that other local hospitals have been asked to lend their best specialists to assist in the treatments.
In the hospital, most of the 104 people hurt in the incident were being treated.ALSO READ: Singapore Airlines: 3 Indians among passengers aboard flight hit by ‘sudden extreme turbulence’The hospital director, Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, said at a news conference on 23 May that none of the 20 patients in the ICU were in life-threatening condition. They include six Britons, six Malaysians, three Australians, two Singaporeans and one person each from Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the Philippines.Describing the terror, passengers shared their experience of the aircraft shuddering, loose items flying and injured people lying paralyzed on the floor of the plane.ALSO READ: Videos show 'severe turbulence' on Singapore Airlines flight: 'Blood everywhere, flight attendant thrown off'It is still unclear what exactly caused the turbulence on the flight, which was carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members on a 6,000-foot runway.
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