Twenty-two passengers from a Singapore Airlines flight that encountered turbulence on May 21 have spinal cord injuries, and six have brain and skull injuries, according to media reports.
The Straits Times reported that twenty people remained in intensive care, although none were life-threatening, citing Dr Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, director of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital.
The oldest patient at the hospital is 83, while the youngest is a two-year-old child who suffered a concussion.
He added that 40 patients from Flight SQ321 were at the hospital. The London to Singapore flight made an emergency landing in Bangkok.
Nearly 60 passengers were injured after the May 21 flight encountered "sudden extreme turbulence over the Irrawaddy Basin at 37,000 feet about 10 hours after departure."
Forty-six passengers and two crew members aboard the SIA flight remain in the Thai capital for medical treatment.
Flight SQ321, heading to Singapore from London, experienced sudden extreme turbulence on May 21. Briton Geoffrey Kitchen, 73, died during the turbulence, reportedly due to a heart attack.
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