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Coroner Rules Turbulence Caused Passenger’s Cardiac Arrest
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Story summary
- Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777 flight over Myanmar caused British passenger Geoff Kitchen’s death.
- Avon Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing ruled turbulence’s physiological effect precipitated Kitchen’s cardiac arrest.
- Seventy-two passengers were injured, with fifty-one seriously, including Kitchen’s wife Linda.
- Linda Kitchen suffered fractures, received care in Bangkok, then returned to the UK after ten days.
- Several UK victims, including Kitchen’s family, have filed personal injury lawsuits against Singapore Airlines.