On a rare occasion, there was a passenger on a flight from London to Singapore who died and 71 others who were injured because of extreme turbulence.

Singapore Airlines has confirmed the death. Singapore Airlines stated in a statement that flight SQ321, which was traveling to Singapore when it took off on Monday from London’s Heathrow Airport, “encountered severe turbulence” en route. After being diverted, the plane touched down at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. (local time).

There were 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board the Boeing 777-300 ER. The British guy who passed away was 73 years old, according to Kittipong Kittikachorn, the director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, as reported by news agency AFP. According to Kittipong, strikes to the head resulted in the majority of the injuries.

Six of the 71 patients who were sent for treatment to Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital were reported to have sustained injuries. “We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing,” the airline said, extending its sympathies to the deceased person’s family. Our top goal is to help every passenger and member of the crew on board the aircraft as much as we can. We are sending a team to Bangkok to provide any further aid required, and we are collaborating with the Thai local authorities to provide the required medical assistance.”

According to experts, these types of injuries typically occur when passengers fail to fasten their seatbelts and the pilot is unable to issue an early warning due to the weather radar data not indicating turbulence.

Passengers may get injuries if they are flung around in the cockpit in such circumstances. On an Air India aircraft from Delhi to Sydney in May of last year, turbulence caused multiple passengers to sustain injuries.