Episode 1662 • • 9:26 - 16:48
1662: Rousting Granny
Singapore Airlines Turbulence, Climate Change Claims, Intertropical Convergence Zone
A Singapore Airlines flight from London experienced severe turbulence over the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), resulting in one death from a heart attack and numerous injuries. While media outlets and researchers from Reading University attribute increasing turbulence to climate change, critics argue the incident was caused by standard storm activity near the equator. The flight made an emergency landing in Bangkok after the Boeing 777 dropped several thousand feet.