for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
as well as injured passengers being stretched off the plane, while ambulances waited on the tarmac. one of the singapore airlines crew told a passenger it was the worst turbulance she d experienced in her 30 year career. this was the scene on the tarmac with emmergency services surrounding the plane. the singapore bound aircraft was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3.45 local time. it was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. let s go and live to the airport in singapore. monica, bring us up to date with the latest regarding these passengers. we date with the latest regarding these assenuers. ~ ., date with the latest regarding these assenuers. ~ . ., date with the latest regarding these assenaers. ~ . ., ., passengers. we are waiting to receive word passengers. we are waiting to receive word that passengers. we are waiting to receive word that there - passengers. we are waiting to receive word that there is - passengers. we are waiting to receive word that t
showing footage of from from passages in the side of the showing debris, open overhead lockers. our air vents waited on the tarmac. the. it was the worst she had experienced a 30 year career. 0utside experienced a 30 year career. outside of the tarmac, based services surrounding the plane, the singapore bound aircraft was diverted to bangkok and at 3:45pm. it was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. that us hear from someone who was on the plane. the seat belt sign came on as soon as i sought to put my seat belt, the plaintiff suddenly dropped. the thing i m would spine through the air, i was drinking coffee, it was incredibly severe turbulence. i ve never experienced close to this. i can t say how it lasted for. apologies for the post sounds. let us speak to maura fogarty, the senior news editor of our singapore bureau. bring us up to date. just want to that oor bring us up to date. just want to that poor airlines bring us up to date. just want to that poor a
updated us on the latest news on the incident. we are still waiting to get as many details as we can as this situation unfolds in bangkok. and i just want to announce that my colleague jonathan head is there. he s just arrived at the airport and is gathering as i speak here. what we do know so far is that one death has been confirmed due to the turbulence, that flight 50321 faced from london heathrow airport on its way to singapore, as you mentioned, diverted to land in in bangkok. we also know that the airport authority of thailand is holding a press conference in about 30 minutes time. so we ll be getting more details there. you can see those pictures showing emergency services arriving at the airport to provide as much support as possible. we also know so far that some of the passengers who have not been injured have been kept airside. the understanding is that they may be put on flights later on today, either to continue their onward journey to singapore or to perhaps re
hello and welcome to verified live. one passenger has been killed and seven people are critically injured and everyone on board a flight from london to singapore are instead in the thai capital bangkok. the man who died was a 73 old british passenger thought to have had a heart attack. passengers took these pictures inside the plane. they clearly show the debris, the damage and the open overhead lockers as well as injured passengers being stretchered off the plane. one of the singapore airlines crew told a passenger it was the worst turbulence she d experienced in her 30 year career. on the tarmac, emergency services surrounded the plane. the singapore bound aircraft was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3.1i5pm in the afternoon local time. there were 211 passengers and 18 crew. let s hear from someone who was on that plane. tough day? definitely, yes, or some of m tough day? definitely, yes, or some ofm life, tough day? definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. tough