KUALA LUMPUR – Seven people were injured on a Scoot flight that ran into air turbulence yesterday morning, Singapore media reported.
The seven were four passengers and three crew members on a flight from Singapore to Guangzhou, where the plane landed safely at 9.10am, Channel News Asia quoted the airline saying.
The flight, TR100, had departed Changi Airport around 5.45am
“We can confirm that four customers and three crew members received medical assistance immediately upon arrival in Guangzhou,” said Scoot, which is the low-cost carrier of Singapore Airlines.
One passenger is reportedly in hospital for further observation as of last night.
On May 20, Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 encountered severe and unexpected air turbulence over Thailand after departing Singapore for London.
Scores of passengers were injured, including from head and spinal injuries from not having their seat belts on during the incident, while an elderly passenger died of a heart attack.
More cases of air turbulence resulting in injuries have been reported of late, while scientific studies have looked at the link between increasing incidences of “clear air turbulence” and climate change.
One study published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2023 said it found clear air turbulence to be more than 55% more frequent in 2020 than in 1979, and that the increases are the largest over the United States and the North Atlantic. – September 7, 2024