Summary
- A man died of a suspected heart attack and many others were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, leading to an emergency landing in Bangkok.
- The flight route between Santiago in Chile and Santa Cruz in Bolivia had the highest average turbulence in the world in 2023.
- Santiago Airport was identified as the most turbulent out of the 500 largest airports globally.
- Turbulence can be caused by thunderstorms, airflow over mountains, and the jet stream, with climate change potentially intensifying turbulence frequency and severity in certain regions.
