On 21 May 2024, Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar, killing one passenger and injuring 104 others in one of the most widely reported aviation safety incidents of the year. The event — the first turbulence-related fatality in commercial aviation in more than two decades — refocused industry and regulatory attention on the hazards of convective weather at cruise altitude and the limitations of current turbulence forecasting technology.
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