SQ321 incident: Youngest patient is 2 years old, 20 people remain in intensive care

A Thai hospital has revealed that its youngest patient from turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 is a two-year-old child who suffered a concussion. The plane travelling from London to Singapore was diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on May 21. About 20 passengers remain in intensive care. CNA's May Wong reports from Bangkok.
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[@Tttiey]

I can say how lucky the pilot was to have landed in Thailand. They're in the hands of professional doctors now.

[@msvaj]

It's good thing they landed in Bangkok. Bangkok have some of the most modern hospital equipment and some great doctors.

[@bobafett5757]

Malaysia hospital is better

[@Xeonz1000]

Absolutely 🙏

[@atzchanel8331]

@@bobafett5757 CEOWORLD Magazine, an American business magazine Ranked Thailand as having the 6th best health system in the world. 😄

[@lekmayne6190]

@@bobafett5757 instead of saying that you should be grateful for the Malaysian passengers that the hospital in BKK agree to treat them! And Samitivej hospital is the best one in Thailand !

[@thaitvfan5605]

​@@bobafett5757,malaysian again ,no one asked you ,the people in this country is so bad and try to discredit thailand all the time they can .

[@moobin9784]

Some comments wanna bluff thai hospital and medical…It's about saving people's lives. I think thanks to them, in such an emergency and heavy rain, everyone was intent on doing their job well.

[@id93978]

Yeah Especially people next to SG give some idiots s which never aprreciate anythings still and enjoy Ego & arrogant Kiasu some more If So they should call their doctors and SIA to take their patients back immediately all Thais Medical Teams will be Happy and not waste their times.

[@cuzu5145]

Thank you to the the Thai community for their support in caring for the injured. It is a tremendous responsibility and involves a lot of arduous work.

[@jessicaregina1956]

It also involves Money.

[@rajeshgajwelly9035]

as indian, i think thailand do not have neccesary tech or equipment or capable doctors like in india. we indians produce the third most doctors in the world, thailand is not even close. we are also a medical innovator and us indians are much more capable and trained to handle emergencies. it is a shame the people land in thailand rather than india where we are the mightiest in terms of medicine and healthcare that far surpass thailand.

[@downgkw809]

@@rajeshgajwelly9035 Does your country have access to good medical care for everyone? Why is there still a division And there are many poor people who cannot afford good healthcare. It's different from Thailand where everyone who is Thai can pay cheaper medical expenses.

[@mysticcove3392]

​@@rajeshgajwelly9035 😂 Indian cakap besar. Banyak kuli cheap laborers di Singapore.

[@leekattestaart7499]

​@@rajeshgajwelly9035Lol fyi Thailand has 9.3 medical doctors per 1000, India has 7.3 per 1000 inhabitants btw Thailand is a world renowned first class (one of the best) medical tourism destination with state of the art equipment.

[@omgwth7567]

Samitivej is one of the top hospitals in Thailand you can rely on. Half of their patients are foreigners from around the world. 👍👍👍

[@thh4584]

And yet whiny passengers with critical injuries still want to be medivaced home.

[@vincecarlo]

Thailand Hospital are Top Notch Doctors n Nurses are Very Professional

[@TheMrleeyang]

@@thh4584 nothing wrong, its their choice to want to be in a familiar surrounding. Or they may have private insurance here.

[@thh4584]

@@TheMrleeyang That is a bullshit excuse if your still a icu patient with significant blunt force trauma with neck and or back injuries tough luck you stuck till cleared by medical staff.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

Thank you for this comprehensive, respectful coverage. May all of the victims have full recovery.

[@sheyf7562]

Just sad. We have always traveled in SG airlines. Crew members are just great. May god bless all of the passengers and for speedy recovery and mental relief ❤❤😢😢

[@nomadblueprint]

That’s no so good to hear I hope everything will be okay especially that 2yo and the oldest as well

[@OrgKgTV]

Sawadhee khaa..khop khun khaaa to Thailand...& KhuntepMahanakorn..caring all neighbour bros & sisters & visitors..

[@paveenask2348]

คนไทยทุกคนเอาใจช่วยผู้ป่วยที่กำลังรักษาตัวอยู่นะคะ ขอให้หายในเร็ววัน และขอเป็นกำลังใจให้กับสิงคโปร์แอร์ไลน์ด้วยค่ะ ขอชื่นชมในสปิริต ความรับผิดชอบและศักยภาพ ทุกฝ่ายทำดีที่สุดแล้วค่ะ

[@waynem9708]

Hope all passengers and sq staff will get well soon… prays are with you all 🙏

[@sgpork]

This is why.. always keep your seat belt loosely fasten even if the seat belt sign is off.. and if the seat belt sign is on.. all the more you have to fasten seat belts. Sometimes Turbulence can just happen suddenly without warning.. clear air turbulence.. in this case it's a rare case of very severe turbulence.. yet people always disregard the seat belt signs and tell you they have to go to the LAV... I'm a cabin crew and I always see such people on flight. Everyday, everytime. People just dont learn.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

This is why you keep your seat belt on. Lesson learned.

[@Masked_Official]

So the attendants had to have their belts on while walking isles? People lined up for toilets had to wear belts? A number of the injured had belts on and were hit by other passengers, equipment and things falling from compartments. When someone dies and many people are seriously injured, you don't say "lesson learned" like a grandma whos scolding a 9 year old. Have some empathy.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@Masked_Official Use some common sense. LOL!!! I can't believe in 2024 we still have people like you.

[@Masked_Official]

@@GregLakatosChradm You're talking out of your butt man. If you read the reports and people who were there, if everyone had belts on people would have still gotten hurt. lmao. I can't believe that in 2024, with infinite knowledge, we still have people like you. Go figure. You just repeat what everyone else repeats, have an opion without being there or listening to people who were there.

[@ladyscarfaceangel4616]

​@@GregLakatosChradm They are using common sense.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@ladyscarfaceangel4616 Not at all. Of course the flight crew may be up but they also should have been warned and strapped in. In either event were talking about injured patients.

[@mindful47]

Media is reporting too much about this. I think patients deserve privacy and SQ needs time to sort out matters. News agencies should stop sensationalising this event.

[@CristyTolin]

Praying for fast recovery and complete healing 🙏

[@wongsiang1133]

The pilots have had taken the most critical decision to land in Bangkok Airport soonest possible 👍👍👍👌in order to avoid an imaginable incident from happing👌

[@stephaniecannon410]

Unimaginable 😢re: strange event. Prayers for the injured 🙏

[@queendomofethelpodcast4662]

I hope that there's a serious investigation into this, as I do not believe it was just weather turbulence from hot and cold air. There has been so many Boeing airlines with mechanical faults and abnormal malfunctions over the last 10 years and now all the info coming out about them, as well as the passengers saying there was no signs of turbulence beforehand and then it just dropped that sounds a lot like yet another technical issue with the planes and 747's and 777's were all just being looked into for faults within the last few months!

[@niknic1540]

Need to check black box and pilots

[@jameslu2332]

It will reveal the truth and hold those at fault responsible

[@jessicaregina1956]

Need to check your pantsu

[@Rash7]

Need to check your brain for any visible brain cells. It's a clear air turbulence encounter. Nothing the pilots can do about it, except for save the plane after regaining control, which they did, dummy.

[@vincecarlo]

Need to also check *Relic Boeing 777-300er weather radar n weather pressure patterns before the incident

[@RandomVideosFirst]

Imagine it wasn’t wind shear or turbulence but in fact another malfunction on a Boeing plane , they don’t want to mention Boeing having another issue after the months of issues and incidents this past year . Would plummet the share price even further down ….

[@giovanniserafino1731]

So very sad indeed. It is precisely for this reason airlines recommend, that passengers while seated, be buckled in securely. While in the cockpit, the flight crew is required at all times to use seatbelts and shoulder harness.

[@marywong4308]

hope everyone can be heal as fast to go home

[@nicki449]

งง คิดหรอกลับไปรักษาที่บ้านจะหาย งง ดูถูกคนอื่น ก็อย่ามา ขอความช่วยเหลือค่ะ เชิญค่ะ กลับไปบ้านคุณค่ะให้ไว บ้านคุณเก่งอยู่คนเดียวหรอ

[@nuttvasupremnapit791]

แปลกกับความคิดมาก เพราะผู้ป่วยควรจะได้รับการรักษาไวที่สุด มาห่วงบิลค่ารักษา ทำไมไม่ทนบินอีกนิดเพื่อมารักษาที่บ้าน คนแบบนี้มีทุกที่จริงๆครับ

[@vincecarlo]

Thank You Thailand for the Assistance Thailand has the BEST Doctors n Medical Care in The Region

[@newaccount9394]

มันจะมีโรงพยาบาลไหนรักษ่าผุ้ป่วยจากเหตุแบบนี้มาก่อนอะนะ

[@mesamis144]

คอมเม้นคนที่ดูถูกไม่ไช่คนสิงโป เปนคนมาเล

[@nicki449]

@@mesamis144 มาเลค่ะเห็นแล้ว นางบอก รพ นางดีที่สุด

[@thawzinoo3027]

Is it the same airline which announched a lots of profit growth and shared a lots of bonus to their staffs,

[@noelkwek]

Should the SQ321 pilot and co-pilot have their licenses suspended for a while until investigations are completed before being allowed to take flight again?

[@RandomVideosFirst]

Imagine it wasn’t wind shear or turbulence but in fact another malfunction on a Boeing plane , they don’t want to mention Boeing having another issue after the months of issues and incidents this past year . Would plummet the share price even further down ….

[@visudhithammanuban9839]

May Wong seem to be too arrogant in conducting the interview. seem to look down on the Thai doctor how often air turbulance occur so how can you expect doctor to have experience in treating this type of patient.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

Trauma is trauma.

[@Rosangela8070]

Agreed!

[@misterbig9025]

Singapore is number one

[@warmbloodydew]

She got the unclear messages from the interview today I believe. The interpreter interpreted quite weird. The director tried to talk about the pre-hospital triage and cannot give the details about the in-hospital treatments. At least, he should assure people ..like oh there are 6 patients suffered from spinal cord injury and one or two has been paralyzed from acute injury but we immediately managed that and the surgeons had operated them already-their conditions are stable and no life-threatening condition at this point . However,the recovery of the spinal cord takes time so it is too soon to state at this point blah blah blah…😂 you gotta listen to the interview. It was annoying. 😂

[@vincecarlo]

Thailand has TOP NOTCH Doctors n Medical care

[@deniseconnors8124]

Excellent report!

[@pjaccount]

Thailand is a country with the best medical management in my mind, I used to get in there, faster than other countries and can entry everytime without booking

[@AllthingsHLC]

Very sad news, wishing everyone a speedy recovery. Condolences to the family for their loss. May God bless you all. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Shorts88898]

Prayers going out to all affected by this accident l❤ Get well soon❤

[@rayray-ch2xt]

all the best

[@AvelinoMagbojos]

Its unavoidable circumstances

[@ashutoshkamath8009]

Something is wrong with Boeing planes people should be careful to choose to book themselves on these planes. This can be some indication to something dangerous in future.

[@jessiejames7492]

Piers morgan had something on this yesterday on his show.

[@pennydreadful5217]

I would imagine that even if you had a seat belt on your stomach would hurt as everyone would have naturally been propelled in an upward direcrion

[@KKohl]

Have u not taken a plane before? The seat belts overlap the thighs not stomach 😆

[@pennydreadful5217]

@@KKohl I've taken loads of flights. Try and be nicer you don't know me

[@sandrajayandran]

​@@KKohlno it doesn't it actually sits at bottom of your stomach area

[@KKohl]

@@sandrajayandranthe base of the stomach is where it meets the thighs. So your body structure is different. Interesting.

[@KKohl]

@@pennydreadful5217then i dont know what kinda flights u took where the belts overlapped the stomach

[@wangchung7599]

How many of them are flight attendants?

[@htahtoo8851]

If 12 of them have returned to Singapore, then 6 remained in Thailand.

[@wangchung7599]

@@htahtoo8851 In ICU? How many?

[@visudhithammanuban9839]

some people have the illusion that singapore is the best in every thing. facility and service in other country are all inferior. if that is the case the pilot shoul flied a little bit further and land in singapore to get the best service and save money.

[@vincecarlo]

It's 2 MORE Hours of flying MORE May have DIED What are you Smokin' ?

[@id93978]

​@@vincecarlob'cuz to keep face for Singapore Not to feel KIASU that much 2hrs. flt.time to SIN. not that far anyway.

[@panda63725]

Pilots decide, they are trained to take decision for the safety of passengers under difficult circumstances in a short time. NOT for Kiasu reasons. That's the reason why you can never be a pilot.

[@ambarajimalli6746]

Australia has world class medical care

[@id93978]

@@ambarajimalli6746 If So Why Don't you call their doctors and SIA to take their patients back immediately all Thais Medical Teams will be Happy and not waste their times here. Another arrogant and Kiasu ppl. Sick of it event pro Angmor Some more LOL.

[@gregvoight8616]

Pilots do not avoid bad weather any more. They fly right through it. It cost money to go around.

[@EricTan-ey7or]

I like very much PST Kong Hee message many many years ago n it is this title "What to do when we do not know what to Do". I wish n pray God best for all victims in this SQ Flight Divine blessed Intervention to All especially victims May 2024

[@visudhithammanuban9839]

if some body is thinking about the money thai hospital going to make pla also think of all the problems it caused to the thai people involved.

[@sandrajayandran]

Hopefully insurance pays

[@theathomas2465]

wow sounds scary

[@sandrajayandran]

So now more facts are emerging. Before they only said 1 person died and downplayed the injured

[@bertudtvineurope]

they didnt fasten their seatbelt.

[@teoteo-pb1uc]

main reporter in hq (not correspondent) doesnt speak well, strange accent and pausing at weird intervals. send her for retraining.

[@querelleturner7325]

Did the Pilot have a heart attack ? From the Waxxx - so little information about the pilots ….. lucky as it seems this flight was suppose to ‘final destination’.

[@7o7-zoz97]

6000 ft drop in 3 minutes; worse than a bump on the road, worse than a roller coaster ride.

[@LiveLife.888]

Please please transfer Dawn Tan to others...her news presentation is very stressful to listen and follow as her sentance are NOT smooth to complete, many times we have to guess if there are more coming in the sentance she is delivering...guess is due to her breathing pattern, so please CNA change the presenter,,, many years ago was Duncan and now similar Dawn Tan.

[@PeterParker-mz7fk]

I think the two yr old is from the Philippines.

[@wildswan221]

Which Boeing plane was this? Is it the flight stabilization software problem that downed other planes? Is Singapore investigating the Boeing issues for this craft?

[@vincentowyong]

this aircraft has THIN WINGS and TAIL FINS with Small Surface Areas which gives lesser LIFT in Air Turbulence..... more over it has only TWO ENGINES... if you compare Wing Surface Area Proportions with 747s, A380s and A340s which will have more THRUST and LIFT with 4 engines, perhaps the DROP would not have been so severe when the 4 engines are put to Maximum Thrust in severe Turbulence...... Boein 777s are designed with Skinny Thin Wings which they expect them to keep the Aircraft flying in the air moving forward at higher speeds .... all boils down to fuel efficiency... but this is the result when you have THIN SKINNY WINGS in Turbulence, a trade-off for fuel efficiency.... just google search for Diagrams of 747s, A380s and A340s and you will understand that they have much better LIFT than the BOEING 777s with SKINNY WINGS.....

[@aiem]

Boeing 777-300ER

[@jjr2574]

I believe you are talking about the max aircraft. This has absolutely nothing to do with that. It's a 777

[@jessicaregina1956]

It was a tupolev 160 blackjack

[@jessicaregina1956]

Singapore just yesterday agreed to buy 500 tupolev airplanes for sia.

[@ML-yb6te]

These commentaries on Thai hospital experience in treating the injuries are naive, giving straw to hawkish lawyers to create more fire on SIA ineptitude.

[@parepp5522]

Hope everyone will be okay soon. While everyone did their best on emergency plan but you just do nothing. And give such a negative comment without any references. When you say someone does something wrong, you have to have the evidences to prove it. Not just say it in-responsibility.

[@kubuligal2431]

Mae Wong, I hope you see this. You are an excellent reporter. 👏

[@小兔子-g5b]

ให้สัมภาษณ์ตั้งเยอะไม่เอามาลง..เอาตอนจี้ถามตอนสุดท้ายมาลง😂😂😂😂

[@id93978]

มันเป็นที่สันดาu ที่ฝังใน DNA ของคนบ้านเมืองนี้ชอบดูถูกคนอื่นประเทศอื่นเป็นอาจิณ

[@sumitninsee9837]

เนื้อไม่ได้กิน หนังไม่ได้รองนั่ง แต่ดันเอากระดูกมาแขวนคอ

[@ILUVBAKKUA]

Two year olds - yah the terrible twos, they say no to everything, I think including belting up. And kids can become very restless and unruly if not controlled during flights They have to see if there is a need to design a special chair for kids under 10 years old and have a few of these on board each flight which will limit the number of kids allowed on each flight due to safety reasons.

[@22Harponyo]

Poor baby😢

[@tubethis777]

Why were they not using seat belts?

[@thh4584]

Do you think self entitled tourists are going to listen to flight crew?

[@christ2551]

@@thh4584 Do your parents ever teach you about not being prejudicial and judgmental? Should I blame your parents? Ever heard of going to the restroom or standing up to avoid long flight blood clots?

[@M3Ld4m]

some are the flight crew. It happened during meal service, so some of them weren't even seated down

[@thh4584]

@@jbangz2023 what's your point? you need to take your seat belt off to eat?

[@jbangz2023]

@@thh4584 normally during mealtime, passengers are allowed to move around like going to the toilet.

[@sekaimuparutsa5494]

Are these people able to fly again after this.

[@thh4584]

some of the whiny aussie patients with critical injuries want to risk more harm by wanting to be medivaced back to au.

[@jessicaregina1956]

Cannot. Can only swim.

[@CharlesWhitford]

They are ready for egg fly lice after this.

[@sandrajayandran]

​@@thh4584so upset by this?

[@jacobrivers5728]

That Thai hospital is going to make a lot of money from those passengers’ misfortune. Singapore Airlines bill is going to be high especially if it’s discovered that it was pilot error that caused it.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

Pilot error. LOL!!! It has nothing to do with the pilot.

[@jacobrivers5728]

@@GregLakatosChradm If it’s discovered that the pilots could have avoided the turbulence but chose to fly through it to keep on schedule, then Singapore Airlines is liable.

[@cancanjaker1620]

SIA will have insurance. Pilot error or not. The bill won't kill them.

[@6047874]

There will be some insurance coverage on the passengers. Incident during flight.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@jacobrivers5728 LOL!!! They have a very strict flight patter in the part of the world. They even show the route on the news.

[@larrydestiny2184]

Brain injury hard to recover

[@RoutesInfinite]

the flight route of SQ321/SIA321: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4qlnHyHaainqck

[@pandemicoftheunvaccinated5367]

Fasten seat belts, people.

[@cathy5306]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ericeric6971]

Boeing is not safe

[@AbuBakarBinOthman-gx9gy]

Court battle

[@bobafett5757]

*Is this Thai hospital ICU medical proficiency any good in treating this traumatic injuries ?*

[@thh4584]

Yes they are more than capable to handle such injuries , just the passengers want to be medivaced home asap.

[@jessicaregina1956]

The question is what are you doing here

[@mesamis144]

I think Thais have traumatic injuries too not just common sicknesses. xD

[@thaitvfan5605]

Malaysia should Open eyes and see some world not narrow mind ,the pateints have bones and brain injures any hospitals in this world can treat them ,not only malaysia dont try to talk too much ,malaysia is big sponsor to terrorism to damage southern of thailand .

[@juemihnkwoa7579]

You should ask the pilots why he didn't fly a little bit further to his home country. If your relative do not trust the thai doctor, feel free to leave anytime.

[@bobafett5757]

*Wondering who is responsible to foot the hospital bills cos ICU charges per day is already very expensive*

[@pb99865]

SIA perhaps

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@pb99865 Why? They better read the fine print.

[@alvin67788]

'lucky' it's in Bangkok , cheaper hospital bill

[@6047874]

There will be some insurance coverage on the passengers. Incident during flight.

[@bobafett5757]

@@alvin67788 Cheap really what about quality ?

[@steventai65]

Such a waste of real estate space

[@thh4584]

your a waste of oxygen.

[@OrgKgTV]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤