Aerophobia, also known as a fear of flying, impacts approximately five per cent of the overall population. It can manifest in various ways, such as causing headaches, nausea, heart palpitations, and sweating.

Twenty-two passengers from a Singapore Airlines flight that encountered turbulence on May 21 have spinal cord injuries, and six have brain and skull injuries, according to media reports.

A British man, 73, with a heart condition died and 30 other passengers were injured when a Singapore Airlines aircraft on its way from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, dropping down almost 6,000 feet before making an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, was on its way to Singapore from London when it made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.