At least 1 SQ321 passenger admitted to Singapore hospital; 19 others still in Bangkok

SINGAPORE – A passenger who was injured on board the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines (SIA) Flight SQ321 has been admitted to a private hospital here.

The Singaporean patient does not need surgery, said a spokesperson for IHH Healthcare Singapore, which operates Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Parkway East Hospital.

Meanwhile, Sengkang General Hospital and Singapore General Hospital said they did not receive any patients who were on the flight.

Other hospitals in Singapore declined to comment, with some citing patient confidentiality. SIA also declined to comment when asked about passengers being treated in Singapore’s hospitals.

On May 21,

SQ321 experienced “sudden extreme turbulence”

over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar as the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft made its way to Singapore from London.

The pilot declared a medical emergency and landed the plane at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

A British passenger,

73-year-old Geoffrey Kitchen, died of a suspected heart attack

, while dozens were injured.

There were 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board, and the injured were taken to

Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, Hospital and Bangkok Hospital

for treatment.

As at 12pm on June 5, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said there were still 19 patients hospitalised in Bangkok, with the hospital tending to 14 of them.

Of the 14, half are men, while the other half are women, with their nationalities comprised of Britons, Malaysians, Australians and a New Zealander.

It added that this would be its final statement, echoing SIA’s Facebook post the previous day, which the national carrier said was its final daily update on the incident on its social media pages, barring any significant developments.

It said it is committed to helping passengers and crew members who were on the flight, including their families and loved ones, and urged those requiring additional assistance or seeking to make claims to contact the airline through the contact details provided.

A

support page

set up by two passengers –

flight321help.com

– seeks to help affected passengers connect with one another, find community and seek advice. It has had about 10 sign-ups as at June 4.

Editor’s note: Details of injuries in an earlier version of this story, which were provided by IHH Healthcare, have been removed at its subsequent request for reasons of patient confidentiality