SA man says wife could be in hospital for some time while Hallett Cove couple John and Jenny Hall say Singapore Airlines flight was ‘like a car crash’

An SA man says his wife is in hospital and “not in a good way” while another Adelaide couple (pictured) have described their “wild ride” on a turbulent Singapore Airlines flight.

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A South Australian man says his wife is in hospital and “not in a good way”, with reports three Australians are being treated in intensive care for injuries they got during extreme turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight.

An Adelaide man – who was on board the aircraft and declined to be named – was standing up at the time that the plane suddenly dropped, the ABC reported

He said she could be Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin hospital for weeks.

Another South Australian couple on board the plane, who were returning from a European holiday, described the scene as being “like a car crash”.

Hallett Cove couple John and Jenny Hall were returning to Australia after a holiday in Iceland when they boarded a Singapore Airlines flight from London before it had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok.

Telling 7NEWS about the horrifying altercation, the couple reportedly described the turbulent flight as a terrifying, wild ride.

They said the scene was like a “car crash”, but seat belts prevented the couple from sustaining any physical injuries.

John and Jenny Hall were returning from Iceland when they boarded the flight from London. Picture: Facebook

John and Jenny Hall were returning from Iceland when they boarded the flight from London. Picture: Facebook

Relative David Frisby-Smith told 7NEWS he received a phone call from the couple after the incident.

“They just let us know they loved us because it was just that sort of shocking, she said there were injured people everywhere,” he said.

A British passenger died and more than 30 people were taken to hospital, seven with critical injuries, after Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 experienced severe turbulence and plunged 6000ft, sending passengers crashing into the ceiling.

Eight of the 56 Australians on-board the Singapore Airlines flight have been injured and are being treated in a hospital in Bangkok, the government has confirmed.

The Boeing 777-300ER flight from London Heathrow to Singapore was forced to divert to Bangkok and make an emergency landing at 3.45pm local time on Tuesday (6.45pm AEST) when it struck what the airline described as “sudden extreme turbulence” over Myanmar, 11 hours into its journey.

Images from inside Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. The flight from London Heathrow was forced to divert to Bangkok after experiencing severe turbulence while entering airspace in the region. Twitter