The recent incident involving a Singapore Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday following "severe turbulence" has sparked heightened awareness around the dangers of turbulence and areas where passengers are likely to experience it.
The Boeing 777-300ER jet was heading from London to Singapore with 211 passengers and 18 crew onboard when it "encountered severe turbulence en-route" over Burma. One person died and 30 were injured.
Weather.gov describes...