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Passengers who suffered serious injuries on Singapore Airlines Flight 321 could accept an advance payment of $25,000.

More airlines reviewing safety protocols after SQ321 incident, but no wholesale changes made: Iata Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

The preliminary safety investigation reveals new details of what happened during a few turbulent minutes aboard flight SQ321. The incident resulted in one death and dozens of passengers injured.

Worst injuries include possible paralysis: Thai doctors treating SQ321 passengers Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

A 73-year-old British man died from a suspected heart attack when the flight hit severe turbulence on 21 May. Now, an investigation into the incident has discovered the severity of the turbulence.

With turbulence predicted to get worse, airlines are already starting to respond with tighter in-flight rules for passengers

A Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence experienced a rapid change in gravitational force and a 54m (178ft) altitude drop in four seconds, an investigation has found.

Investigators found that the aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, was flying at its cruise altitude of 37,000 ft south of Myanmar and near an area of developing storms in the afternoon when turbulence started to cause fluctuations between +0.44g and +1.57g for 19 seconds.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A rapid change in gravitational forces over 4.6 seconds resulted in an altitude drop of 178 ft to the Singapore Airlines flight last week, which likely caused injuries to crew and passengers, according to the findings of a preliminary investigation into the severe turbulence incident released on Wednesday. World News | Gravitational Forces Hit Singapore Airlines Flight; Aircraft Dropped 178 Ft in 4.6 Seconds: Investigators.

All SQ321 crew members have returned to Singapore: Singapore Airlines Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.