The death of a passenger on board a Singapore Airlines flight caught in extreme turbulence this week is a stark illustration of why the industry is racing to find new ways to counter the rising threat as the climate changes.
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.
Such fatalities and serious injuries are rare,…