Geoff Kitchen, a 73-year old British man, died after flight SQ321 hit turbulence at 37,000 feet over the Myanmar-Thai border, 10 hours into its flight between London Heathrow Airport and Singapore.Twenty people remained in intensive care on Thursday, with some requiring spinal operations, according to authorities in Bangkok, where the flight made an emergency landing.
Fifteen airlines including easyJet, United Airlines and Qatar Airways are working on a trial to use the millions of data points collected by atmospheric sensors on board aircraft.The aim is to chart clear air turbulence in real time and integrate that information into cockpit displays to make it easier for pilots to try to avoid it. The data can also be used to more accurately forecast where clear air turbulence might hit.