Australians Return Home After Deadly Plane Turbulence

Published on May 22, 2024

Australians have begun returning home from a fatal Singapore Airlines flight where passengers were thrown around the plane’s cabin during a severe bout of turbulence. The flight from London had 56 Australians on board when it was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. Relieved passengers returned to Sydney Airport on Wednesday night (May 22), with one woman describing the emotional toll of the ordeal. “When it happened I was really calm. It wasn’t until I got off the plane and sat in that room, since then I can’t stop crying,” Beverley Mayers told Nine News. “My son has come to pick me up and I said to him ‘I have to stay with you tonight and see my other children, and just hold them close.'”...

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