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You have that anticipation of going up. And at that point, I felt like I needed to brace onto my belt and kind of like secure myself because at that exact moment, when the plane started pulling up and then dipping down, that's how everything just got really, really bad in the plane,
he told CNA’s Singapore Tonight on Wednesday That was a really good approach by the airport and staff at SIA in terms of making sure that both the injured and uninjured were well taken care of, and I think it was a very smooth process overall,
Everything happened really in a flash,
(There ... There was a) sense of feeling that the ordeal is over. We got into that plane and we received a very comforting message from the SIA crew,
The passengers also were told to sit down and hang tight but at the same time, amid all this chaos and confusion, I felt … that people, you know, couldn't really absorb what was to be prioritised, what was happening,
The people who were unsecured, (were) just slamming straight to the top of the cabin, hitting the overhead luggage compartment or the lights and where the oxygen mask compartments would be,
Any control inputs that have been taking place during the flight, any changes in altitude or speed, any type of control services, what the engines were doing - all those parameters are in the flight data recorder,
After a while, we started seeing that they started opening up the emergency exits. People from the fire department rescue team came in and that's when the stretchers came in to help deal with the victims who had been really seriously injured - the ones who couldn't get up and couldn't walk and needed to be carried out,
Accidents of this nature are extremely rare and aviation remains one of the safest forms of travel."
A spokesperson for the UK Civil Aviation Authority expressed its deepest condolences to all those affected, adding It had been planned for a very long time. It was very exciting."
On behalf of Singapore Airlines, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased passenger
Singapore Airlines chief executive Goh Choon Phong said in a statement It is with a heavy heart that we learn of the devastating news of the passing of our esteemed colleague and friend Geoff Kitchen in the recent Singapore Air Incident
In a Facebook post shared on Tuesday evening, Thornbury Musical Theatre Group in Bristol said Such a lovely man, very talented and great fun to work with
You wouldn't know it, he carried on as normal and was very fit and active
Close friend Steve Dimond, 73, who lives a few doors down from Mr Kitchen's three-bed home in leafy Thornbury, said Our deepest condolences go out to all those who have been affected
A spokesperson for the UK Civil Aviation Authority said To our friends, family, audiences, local businesses, the Armstrong Hall which has given us a home for almost 50 years and everybody else in our local community, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
The poignant message added Things were going very smoothly at first
Speaking with a bandage covering part of his head, he said Singapore Airlines flight SQ321, operating from London Heathrow to Singapore on May 20, encountered severe turbulence en route
We extend our deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one, and our thoughts are with the passengers and crew,
Boeing said on social media platform X Geoff was always a gentleman with the utmost honesty and integrity and always did what was right for the group,
said the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group in a Facebook post