SIA joins turbulence data-sharing platform five months after SQ321 flight left one dead, dozens hurt


Singapore Airlines confirmed that it began using Iata's Turbulence Aware platform in November 2024. - PHOTO: ST FILE

GENEVA (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore Airlines (SIA) has joined a global platform of more than 25 airlines to exchange real-time data on turbulence, offering its pilots another tool to avoid flying through choppy air.

This comes about five months after a Singapore-bound SIA flight from London encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar, leaving a passenger dead and dozens more hurt.

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