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The Kitchen family has taken legal action against SIA. In August, The Independent reported that they filed two claims, one by Mrs Kitchen and another by her on behalf of her husband\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n
The airline is also facing legal action from several other passengers, including Bradley Richards, Jack Jenkins, Hannah Fullerton, Andrew Dawood, Bryan Matthews, and Pauline and Michael Rainey, the news outlet reported.<\/p>\n
Flight SQ321 was carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
TSIB found that the turbulence was convectively induced and likely associated with a rapidly growing cloud capable of producing significant updrafts and downdrafts.<\/p>\n
The pilots saw no bad weather on their navigational displays in the minutes before the incident, and visual checks indicated a clear flight path.<\/p>\n
Investigators concluded that the aircraft’s weather radar likely did not detect the bad weather before the turbulence struck, although the radar manufacturer said it found no evidence that the system had failed to detect and display weather during the flight.<\/p>\n
The seat belt sign had been switched on after the aircraft began experiencing turbulence, but severe turbulence struck just 17 seconds later, leaving no time for the flight crew to make a cabin announcement.<\/p>\n
Rapid changes in gravitational force sent some passengers who were not wearing seat belts airborne before they fell back down.<\/p>\n
Apart from Mr Kitchen, 56 people suffered serious injuries and 23 had minor injuries, while 149 were uninjured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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