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Why was Singapore flight turbulence severe? | Explained
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The story so far: On May 20-21, a Singapore Airlines flight, SQ321, with 211 passengers and 18 crew, from London’s Heathrow Airport to Singapore encountered severe turbulence while over the Andaman Sea/Bay of Bengal near the Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar.
Air India Phuket-Delhi flight encounters turbulence; few passengers, crew sustain minor injuriesThere has been much focus on ‘turbulence’.
He adds that a detailed analysis of the meteorological circumstances and the type of turbulence that affected the Singapore Airlines flight will take some time.
“We recently discovered that severe clear air turbulence in the North Atlantic has increased by 55% since 1979.
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