The aviation monitoring web page FlightRadar24 says, in keeping with its knowledge, that the turbulence on Singapore Airways flight SQ321 passed off over Myanmar at roughly 7:49 a.m. UTC (3:49 a.m. ET).
This traces up with a observation from the airline declaring that the airplane, “encountered unexpected excessive turbulence over the Irrawaddy Basin [a river in Myanmar] at 37,000 toes, about 10 hours after departure.”
FlightRadar24 mentioned in a weblog submit that, consistent with its knowledge, at the moment, ”the flight encountered a fast alternate in vertical charge, in line with a unexpected turbulence tournament.”
The information display the flight converting direction about 14 mins later. The airline says, “the pilot declared a scientific emergency and diverted the plane to Bangkok.”
The FlightRadar24 knowledge display the flight, which used to be cruising at 37,000 toes, all of sudden dipping then hastily mountaineering a couple of hundred toes earlier than dipping and mountaineering once more after which in any case settling again at its cruising altitude. All the disruption took about 90 seconds, consistent with the knowledge, however ended in dozens of accidents, together with a fatality.
