Inside Singapore Airlines flight where horror turbulence killed Brit By Matthew Lodge and Elena Salvoni and Tom Bedford Published: 10:30, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 10:30, 22 May 2024 e-mail Advertisement When Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 departed on Monday night, the people on board were starting what they hoped would be a dream trip. A total of 211 passengers from countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Ireland settled down for a stress-free 13-hour flight to the Far East. Among them was 73-year-old Geoffrey Kitchen (pictured bottom right), a musical theatre director from Gloucestershire who was taking the six-week holiday of a lifetime with his wife Linda to South East Asia, Indonesia and Australia.
The route is a common one, with flights making the near-11,000-mile journey safely every single day, despite skirting near active war zones and flying over some of the world's biggest mountain ranges. All appeared well when the Boeing 777 aircraft left Heathrow Airport at 10.38pm, quickly passing over English Channel and through Europe on its way to Singapore.
Many of those on board will have rested their eyes and tried to get to some sleep as the plane travelled through Asia, traversing the Hindu Kush mountain range with little problem before moving down into India. Some would have been opening their eyes for the first time as the plane travelled over the Bay of Bengal, while others were walking about the cabin to stretch their legs. However,.
