Man dies as plane hit by turbulence

A BRITISH airline passenger has died after a flight from Heathrow Airport to Singapore "encountered severe turbulence".

A spokesman for Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, where the flight was diverted to, said the 73-year-old man suffered a suspected heart attack. He added that seven other people were seriously injured, with dozens more suffering minor injuries.

One of the passengers on board Flight SQ321 to Singapore said the plane suffered a "dramatic drop", meaning people not wearing a seatbelt were "launched immediately into the ceiling" Images posted on social media show damage to the ceiling of the cabin, and food, cutlery and other debris strewn on the floor in the aftermath of the incident.