The airline said it has adopted a more cautious approach to managing turbulence in-flight after the Boeing 777 jet heading to Singapore hit extreme turbulence over the Andaman Sea on Tuesday.
It s believed the clear-air turbulence that impacted flight SQ321 would not have been picked up on its state of the art Honeywell IntuVue 3D weather radar - a system used on many 777s.
Flying through mild turbulence feels like driving a car over big bumps or holes in the road. But passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday experienced severe turbulence. Several people were injured and one person, a 73-year-old British man, died.
The plane diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some into the ceiling.
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