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Turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight kills passenger

Season 2024 Episode 143 | 5m 26s

One person is dead and roughly 70 others are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight headed from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence. The flight descended 6,000 feet in three minutes over the Indian Ocean, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. Aviation correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.

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