Boeing Facing Potential , Boycott Following Fatal , Severe Turbulence Incident.<br />'Newsweek' reports that Boeing is facing renewed calls <br />for a boycott of the plane manufacturer after a fatal <br />severe turbulence incident on a Singapore Airlines flight. .<br />On May 21, Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 <br />encountered "clear-air turbulence" that <br />injured 23 passengers and nine crew members. .<br />Geoffrey Kitchen, a 73-year-old British musical <br />theater director, died following the incident on <br />the Boeing 777 en route from London to Singapore. .<br />In a statement released after the incident, Singapore <br />Airlines said that medical personnel were on standby <br />to assist the injured at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.<br />According to authorities, <br />a total of 14 people were <br />hospitalized with minor injuries. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that clear-air turbulence <br />is undetectable by radar, making it an <br />unpredictable and inherently dangerous situation.<br />According to data from Flightradar24, <br />the Boeing 777 plummeted over <br />6,000 feet in under three minutes. .<br />The news comes as Boeing faces increased scrutiny regarding its quality and safety standards following a string of recent incidents. .<br />In January, the rear door plug of an Alaska Airlines <br />Boeing 737 Max 9 came off in mid-flight, an incident <br />which resulted in the FAA grounding all Max 9 aircraft. .<br />In March, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from <br />Australia to New Zealand abruptly <br />lost altitude, injuring nearly 50 people. .<br />Those incidents followed fatal 737 MAX <br />crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia <br />in 2019, which killed over 300 people and <br />grounded the MAX model for nearly two years. .<br />Those incidents followed fatal 737 MAX <br />crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia <br />in 2019, which killed over 300 people and <br />grounded the MAX model for nearly two years.
