In the sky above Myanmar in May 2024, five seconds of violent turbulence aboard Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 ended a 52-year marriage and left a widow with a broken back and unanswered questions. Now, more than two years later, Linda Kitchen has brought her grief and her injuries before Britain's High Court — not only in search of compensation, but in pursuit of the accountability that loss so often demands. Her case joins a growing chorus of legal actions that ask whether the invisible forces of nature, and the technology meant to detect them, were met with sufficient care.
Widow of SIA Flight SQ321 victim sues airline over fatal turbulence incident
Geoffrey Kitchen died from a heart attack during the turbulence; his wife Linda suffered a broken back requiring hospitalization and ongoing specialist care; 79 passengers and crew were injured in total.