Singapore Airlines LIVE: Boeing plane forced into emergency landing as extreme turbulence on UK flight leaves one passenger dead and others injured

A Singapore Airlines passenger has given us a glimpse of the horror on board flight SQ321 as he described how travellers were left 'screaming in pain' when they experienced extreme turbulence.

Andrew Davies, from Lewisham, London, wrote that he and other passengers who were not injured in the turbulence were currently waiting in a holding area at the airport.

According to Mr Davies, a man travelling with his wife on the flight has died.

He wrote on X:

Sky News are reporting that Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 may have struck an air pocket before it made an emergency landing.

Sky's Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch said it's believed 30 people were injured when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence during a flight from London to Singapore.

She said:

Photos have been posted on social media by accounts claiming to show the aftermath of the emergency landing with debris strewn across the aircraft.

We can now bring you footage of emergency vehicles racing to a Singapore Airlines plane as it landed in Bangkok.

Flight SQ321 was forced to make an emergency landing after the aircraft was hit by severe turbulence.

See the video below:

Singapore's transport minister Chee Hong Tat has said his government would help passengers affected by severe turbulence on flight SQ321 which left one passenger dead and others injured.

He said in a statement on his Facebook page:

While details are yet to emerge as to what exactly happened on flight SQ321, there is no suggestion the incident was the fault of the Boeing 777 aircraft.

But it does mark the latest scare involving a Boeing-manufactured aircraft in recent weeks. Questions over safety have plagued the manufacturer ever since a door plug blew out of a 737 Max on an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

The safety crisis at Boeing has led to aircraft shortages, which could cause a wave of cancellations this summer as Britons prepare for their holiday getaways.

This has not been helped by a string of incidents involving Boeing planes, with May seeing at least four - with three coming in just two days.

We can you now show you flight tracking data showing how Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 was forced to divert to Bangkok in an emergency landing.

Data obtained by Sky News shows the plane was cruising at 37,000ft (11,280m) before it dropped 6,000ft (1,830m) in around three minutes.

See the video below:

These photographs show emergency vehicles surrounding the flight at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok following the emergency landing.

Singapore Airlines released the following statement on its Facebook page after flight SQ321 landed at Bangkok in an emergency diversion.

As we endeavour to bring you the latest updates on this developing news story, let's recap what we know so far.

We will provide you updates as and when we get them.

MailOnline will provide live updates after it emerged a Singapore Airlines passenger was killed after a flight was hit by extreme turbulence earlier today.

It has been reported that 30 travellers were injured on the Boeing 777 plane that left London on Monday night.

We will bring you the latest news and reaction to this breaking news story.