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At first glance it looks as if a food fight hit a recent SQ308 flight from Singapore to London. In fact, this is what happens when a flight hits clear air turbulence during the breakfast service. Here’s one traveller’s documentation of the whole scene.

Let’s set the scene.

  • When: just after breakfast was served
  • Where: on Singapore Airliens flight SQ308, en route to London
  • Who: Alan Cross, self-proclaimed Canadian music geek
  • What: airplane dropped 20m during a patch of turbulence

This is the result.

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Once it was safe to remove seat belts, cabin crew quickly covered the floors with blankets to “absorb goo and protect against broken glass.”

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One hour later…

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To make the story even sweeter, passengers were given a box of chocolates (big ones!) as they disembarked at London Heathrow Airport.

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All photos were taken by alan_crossx via Instagram.


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