Singapore’s transport investigators in Bangkok to probe SQ321 incident

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The US National Transportation Safety Board will support the investigation.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 had experienced turbulence on May 21 over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar, about 10 hours after leaving London.

Singapore Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, in a Facebook post on May 22, said the TSIB officers arrived in Bangkok on the night of May 21. US-based Boeing, the manufacturer of the SIA plane, said it was in contact with the airline about SQ321, and it stands ready to support SIA. “On behalf of the Government and people of Singapore, I thank the authorities in Thailand for their support in providing medical assistance and looking after the affected passengers and crew,” he wrote on Facebook.

 

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