Singapore Airlines plane dropped 178ft in five seconds, report shows | BBC News

Early investigations into severe turbulence that hit a Singapore Airlines flight last week reveal it dropped around 178ft (54m) over 4.6 seconds. One British passenger died and dozens more were injured when the London-Singapore flight encountered the turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in Thailand. Singaporean investigators have extracted data stored in the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the aircraft. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #SingaporeAirlines #SingaporeAirlineTurbulence #BBCNews