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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Jacob Phillips

British man who died on London to Singapore flight hit by extreme turbulence was 'on holiday of a lifetime'

The British man who died after severe turbulence onboard a Singapore Airlines flight from Heathrow has been named as Geoffrey Kitchen, a musical theatre director from Gloucestershire.

The 73-year-old is believed to have died from a suspected heart attack after the plane experienced a sudden drop mid-air, plunging thousands of feet.

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