Malaysian student recalls ordeal on Singapore Airlines flight, says those without seatbelts flung to the ceiling


The interior of Flight SQ321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on May 21. - Reuters/Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters): There was little warning of the chaos that was about to be unleashed onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321.

With around three hours left on the journey from London to Singapore, Malaysian student Dzafran Azmir got the uneasy feeling the Boeing 777-300R plane was tilting upwards and beginning to shake.

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