Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen

Geoffrey Kitchen was described as ‘clever, funny, a fantastic performer, deeply caring about theatre’. Photograph: Facebook

The British passenger who died after a flight to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence has been named as a 73-year-old grandfather, Geoffrey Kitchen.

Kitchen, a retired insurance professional turned amateur dramatics performer, had travelled to Singapore on Monday on the 10pm flight from Heathrow.