SINGAPORE: Five crew members were injured after a British Airways flight bound for London turned back to Singapore on Friday (Jun 16) because of severe turbulence.
Flight BA12 departed from Changi Airport at about 11.20pm on Thursday. Flightradar24, which tracks flights around the world, showed the plane was near the Bay of Bengal when it turned back to Singapore about four hours into its journey.
In response to CNA’s queries, BA said that the flight experience a “rare episode of severe turbulence” and that it returned to Singapore as a precaution.
It did not specify the nature of the crew members’ injuries.
“We’ve apologised to customers for the delay to their flight and provided them with hotel accommodation and information on their consumer rights,” said the airline in a statement.
“We’re rebooking customers onto the next available flights with us and other airlines.”