While frequent flyers may prefer aisle, middle, or window seats, their first choice might not be the best option for a bumpy flight.
In late May 2024, a passenger aboard the Boeing 777 from London’s Heathrow Airport to Singapore tragically died of a heart attack after experiencing 19 seconds of extreme turbulence. Geoff Kitchen, the 73-year-old British man who passed away, was aboard the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 when the plane dropped 178 feet in 4.6 seconds. Kitchen was the only passenger who died, but others, including the crew members, were seriously injured on the 21 May morning flight.
