On Tuesday, a Boeing 777 aircraft took off from an airport in London with final destination Singapore.
But during the trip, something happened and the plane must have suddenly fallen about 6,000 feet, which corresponds to about 1,800 meters, according to the AP news agency.
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The plane fell 1,800 meters
On board the plane there must have been 211 passengers and 18 from the crew. In the incident, 30 travelers were injured and a 73-year-old British man died.
The plane was forced to deviate from its planned route after the incident and landed in Bangkok.
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That’s why the plane fell – the expert’s theory
The flight expert Jan Ohlsson told TV4’s “Efter fem” what he thinks is behind the sudden fall.
– You fly on something called jet streams, it’s like a red carpet. It goes very smoothly and nicely – until one jet stream meets another jet stream. Then you get a sinkhole like this in the air. It has happened before and it happens more frequently now than before, he says After five.
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Has to do with climate change
He also explains that the holes in the air are completely invisible and therefore difficult to both predict and prevent. He also believes that the phenomenon has recently increased due to climate change.
– It is related to that. We have more storms, higher waves at sea and higher thunderstorms. It also has an effect in the atmosphere, says Jan Ohlsson i After five.