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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Andy Hirschfeld

Singapore Airlines death: Is climate change making air turbulence worse?

The interior of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok's international airport [File: Stringer/Reuters]

Geoff Kitchen was on his way to a six-week holiday across South Asia and Australia with his wife Linda. Ten hours into the flight and in the middle of the breakfast service, Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore plunged 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) in minutes.

The Boeing 777-300ER carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members made an emergency landing in Bangkok. Kitchen went into cardiac arrest and ultimately died. At least 71 others were injured and 20 people are still in intensive care units in Bangkok.

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