20 in ICUs after deadly turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, Bangkok officials say

The important lesson here: when flying ALWAYS keep your seatbelt fastened, even when the flight is ok. We've been taught do to this when in a car, do the same when in a plane.

"dropped 100 feet?" Every other report has said the plane dropped 6000 feet. That's a pretty major discrepancy.

This is the reason I always wear my seatbelt throughout the duration of the flight

Turbulence is unavoidable

Head & neck trauma. Has to be pretty serious for them to be in the ICU. I can totally see the older gentlemen suffering from a cardiac event from the shock. Especially if he already had some cardiac issues. Poor man was literally scared to death. That had to of been a terrifying severe turbulence encounter! RIP 😢

Thank you Thailand ❤

Ex airline crew for many years. CAT happens. Can happen anytime during the flight When seated wear your seatbelt a little bit loser but WEAR it. Been in a drop. They are surreal. 6,000 ft is just insane. Condolences to that man's family, and get well to all the others involved including the crew members

Respect to the pilot that smart handling this situation

Humans never meant to travel 1,000’s of miles in hours. Flight still a miracle.

The fact the Plane stayed intact is a fitting tribute to all the flight crew and the amazing engineering of one of the safest planes in the sky.

This is why I stay seated (if possible, and usually for the entire flight) with my seatbelt fastened. I'm a retired Travel Agent, and I know that turbulence happens.

One comment on here said the pilot may have been a cowboy. How totally disrespectfull. I have flown all over the World with Singapore airlines and wont fly anyone else. The pilots did a fantastic job of getting aircraft safley on ground. You cant always see what going on in the heavans so i think the airline should be commended for their actions. I would fly SQ anytime. This could happen to any airline. I experienced similar ordeal with another airline in 1977. We cannot control what is going on in the heavens thousands of feet off ground. We cannot control natural events like turbulence. I am right behind you S Q.

Condolences to the family of the man who died and those injured. I was on a flight where something similar happened while flying to Sydney back in 1991. While terrifying, it is still rare AND mostly safe AS LONG AS YOU'RE BUCKLED UP. I know people can suffer from fear of flying fir the rest if their lives from such incidents. Again, the incident should be investigated, but the safest way forward is to stay buckled up unless it is absolutely necessary not to.

Well, I'm going to keep my belt on unless I'm going to use the restroom.

I will keep my seat belt on at all times now 😮

I always put my seatt belt ..sad RIP and speed recovery to the injured

I never take off my seatbelt and I never go to the bathroom!

what about the other flights in the same area at the same time. They did not experience tragedy, their pilots avoided that turbulence and thunderstorm area

The worst turbulence I've ever experienced was CAT. That was in June 1982 on a TWA 707 from Cleveland to NY Kennedy. The pilots tried several cruising altitudes but every level reported bad turbulence. We just had to ride it out. A cold front had passed through the night before and the visibility was CAVU.

Prays for 20persons in ICU speedy recovery so that the immediate family doesn't need to suffer the agony of waiting for them to pull out.