The flight from London to Singapore dropped 6,000 feet in just a few minutes after hitting severe turbulence - but what types of turbulence are there, and is it getting more frequent?
Turbulence struck a Singapore Airlines flight from London Heathrow on Tuesday, with one man dead and many others 'launched into the ceiling'. At least 30 others were injured after the Boeing 777 flight fell 6,000 feet in a span of a few minutes while over the Indian Ocean. Authorities believe the 73-year-old British man, who had a heart condition, likely died from cardiac arrest.
He noted that the area - called the Intertropical Convergence Zone - where the Boeing 777 plunged 6,000 feet is 'renowned among pilots, and I dare say passengers, for turbulence'. 'Despite abundant caution occasionally, there's turbulence ahead which can't be identified, and the unfortunate result of an encounter is injury and, very rarely, fatality,' he said.
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