Spinal surgeries needed for 22 on board turbulent Singapore Airlines flight, hospital says
![An Australian passenger, centre, who was injured on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence, talks to reporters at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on May 23, 2024. The airline's Flight SQ321 was flying from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore when it hit the turbulence Tuesday, bashing people around inside the plane. A man with a white bandage around his head sits in a wheelchair being pushed by medical staff.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7213359.1716506529!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/thailand-singapore-flight.jpg)
Several of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence earlier this week will need spinal surgery, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday.