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Singapore Airlines flight: Passengers tell of horror flight in which British man dies | BBC News


One person has died, with several injured, after severe turbulence on a London to Singapore flight.

Authorities at Bangkok airport said the victim was a 73-year-old British man who "likely" died from a heart attack.

Seven people are seriously injured – the wife of the British man who died has gone to hospital.

Anyone not wearing a seat belt was “launched into the ceiling”, one passenger said.

Singapore Airlines said the flight experienced "sudden extreme turbulence" over Myanmar.

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