Inside Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 - where Brit tourists sent desperate 'last' texts to loved ones as people around them were slammed into the ceiling...
claiming one life By Matthew Lodge and Elena Salvoni and Tom Bedford Published: 22:11, 21 May 2024 | Updated: 22:29, 21 May 2024 e-mail View comments 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, 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.
Geoffrey Kitchen, 73, who ran the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group in Bristol, was on board the plane when the incident happened Pictured: Passengers are seen in the cabin after the incident on Tuesday, with belongings strewn across the floor and oxygen masks dangling from above Passengers are seen on the.