Three Bangkok facilities caring for individuals from disturbed Singapore Airlines flight
PUBLISHED: 25 May 2024 at 17 :19
Forty-three citizens who were on board a Singapore Airlines journey that hit significant volatility are still being treated in hospitals in Bangkok four weeks after the incident, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said on Saturday.
The 43 people are in three unique facilities in Bangkok, Samitivej Srinakarin said in a statement. The number is over from 48 reorted on Friday.
At Samitivej Srinakarin doctor, where 34 of the people are, seven are in intensive care — three Australians, two Malay, one British and one New Zealander, the statement said.
The various 27 people from the trip at the clinics include eight British, six American, five Malaysian and two Asian people, the statement said.
Two persons were discharged from Samitivej Srinakarin, while two from Samitivej Sukhumvit medical were transferred to Samitivej Srinakarin to meet hospitalised friends, the statement said.
On Thursday, Dr Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, the chairman of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, told investigators that 22 people had spinal cord injuries and six had brain and bone injuries, but none were lethal.
One customer died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured on Tuesday after Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321, flying from London to Singapore, encountered what the airline described as “sudden, serious turbulence” while flying over Myanmar.
The flight carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
In the immediate aftermath of the incident on Tuesday, three local hospitals admitted a total of 85 people — 79 passengers and six crew. The remaining passengers and crew were flown to Singapore on Wednesday morning.