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The Singapore Airways airplane hit by extreme turbulence on Could twenty first fell 54 meters in 4.6 seconds. Like falling from the Tower of Pisa. That is what emerges from the investigation carried out into the accident involving the Singapore Airways airplane that left London and headed for Singapore whereas flying over Myanmar. In the course of the extreme turbulence, a 71-year-old British citizen, Geoff Kitchen, misplaced his life resulting from a coronary heart assault and over 100 folks have been injured, 28 of whom are nonetheless hospitalized in Bangkok.

«The vertical acceleration modified from unfavourable 1.5 Gs to constructive 1.5 Gs inside 4 seconds. This doubtless precipitated the occupants who have been airborne to fall backwards,” the Bureau of Transportation Security Investigations report stated. «The speedy modifications in G over 4.6 seconds resulted in an altitude drop of 54 meters. This sequence of occasions doubtless precipitated accidents to the crew and passengers,” the textual content continues. About 17 minutes following the turbulence appeared, the pilots managed to make a “managed descent” in direction of “Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand”, concludes the investigation into the in-flight accident.