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One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence (www.bbc.com)

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One person has been killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that was hit by severe turbulence.

The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:00 GMT).

Flight SQ 321 was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew, the airline said in a statement.

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[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Hey, maybe when the rich (who fly a heck of a lot) start getting a little uncomfy we can actually do something about that climate change thing.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Haha! Ahhh yeah. Fun to think about but no, we’re way past that.

However, private rail might make a comeback.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

The rich go international more than most. And boats are a heck of a lot slower than planes.

[-] Baggie@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

You're right, but once we're feeling effects of that magnitude we're already pretty much screwed. We'd need long term corrective action, and basically manually reverse all the damage we've done. it bought as well be teraforming at that point.

[-] Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck yeah train pirates

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