SQ321 passengers endured 62 seconds of turbulence, flight data shows


Granular flight data from flight tracking website Flightradar24 shows that the plane climbed and descended rapidly twice in 62 seconds. - Reuters

SINGAPORE: For one minute and two seconds, passengers of Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 felt their plane rocked by sudden and extreme turbulence as they flew over the Irrawady Delta region of Myanmar on May 21.

Granular flight data from flight tracking website Flightradar24 shows that the Boeing 777-300ER climbed and descended rapidly twice in 62 seconds, starting from 3.49pm Singapore time, as the plane was nearing the end of a non-stop flight from London to Singapore.

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