it led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s named in the last few minutes as geoff kitchen,rshire. 50 other passengers on the singapore airlines boeing 777 were injured, seven of them critically. the flight left heathrow airport last night and flew without incident until it approached the coast of myanmar. there, it hit the turbulence, with the plane then making a rapid descent, dropping some 6,000 feet, with the pilot making an emergency diversion, landing in bangkok in thailand. in a moment, we'll get the latest from singapore, where some of those on the flight will be arriving, but first, jonathan head, live in bangkok. in the last couple of hours, a chartered flight has taken the uninjured passengers from this airport to their original destination in singapore but there has been the death of geoff kitchen, a 73—year—old british man and many other people have needed treatment in hospital, with some serious injuries. all of them probably wondering whether this dramatic incident could have been predicted or prevented. shaken by their ordeal, the passages were met by an army

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one passenger — 73—year—old geoff kitchen, from gloucestershire is dead.lieved to have had a heart attack. more than thirty people are injured, seven critically. monica miller has been following the story for us from changi airport. well, we saw some of the passengers that had gathered their belongings and were greeted by members of the singapore air staff here. one by one, they took them out and we saw them reunited with their families. there were some real emotional moments and some big hugs after such an arduous trip. as my colleague, jonathan head, explains. shaken by their ordeal, the passages were met by an army of ambulances after they landed in bangkok. they had just been served breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. a shot taken inside the cabin after the aircraft had landed gives us a sense of the absolute chaos on board. another passenger, jerry, was travelling with his family to a wedding in australia. a bit of turbulence and suddenly, the plane plunged, i don't know how far, but they said it was 6000 feet. it didn't seem l

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a british passenger, geoff kitchen, killed, traveling with his wife. at least 20 patients now in the icu, nine passengers requiring surgery. and david, there is strong evidence that severe clear air turbulence is increasing because of climate change. in fact, we know that it's up 55% in the north atlantic since 1979. david? >> david: gio benitez, thank you again tonight. >>> now to the breaking news in the race for president, with some republicans still voting for nikki haley in late primaries. tonight, nikki haley and who she now says she'll vote for in november. here's rachel scott. >> reporter: she once called donald trump a disaster. >> many of the same politicians who now publicly embrace trump privately dread him. they know what a disaster he's been and will continue to be for our party. >> reporter: declaring herself, quote, not afraid to say the hard truths. >> i feel no need to kiss the ring. i have no fear of trump's retribution. my own political future is of zero concern. >> reporter: but today, trump's former rival nikki haley announcing sh

the passenger who lost his life, 73-year-old british national geoff kitchen. a singapore airport manager says they believe the passenger may have suffered a heart attack, but that has not been confirmed. and david, this is just another reminder that even in clear weather, we should keep that seat belt on, because turbulence can happen at any moment. meanwhile tonight, singapore airlines says that it offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. david? >> david: gio benitez, thank you. >>> now the story breaking as we're on the air tonight, these new images just coming in. reported tornadoes on the ground. as i mentioned, watches and warnings up across several states. the national weather service calling it a particularly dangerous situation. these are the images just in tonight. look at this. stunning close-up images of a violent tornado. this is carbon, iowa. debris from damaged homes swirling there as the tornado actually crosses the road. here's the line to watch tonight. the severe weather warnings across much of the heartland. the threat t

the incident comes less than a week after 73—year—old geoff kitchen, from the uk, died during severe weather conditions over turkey. it landed as scheduled at lunchtime at dublin airport.

dozens were injured and 73—year—old geoff kitchen died.in bangkok, 26 of whom were in hospital. the airline said it was committed to supporting crew members and passengers, including covering medical expenses. katy austin, bbc news. jurors in donald trump's criminal trial in new york, have ended their first day of deliberations. he's facing 3a counts of falsifying business records, to cover up a hush money payment to a pawn star, before the 2016 presidential election. he denies all the charges. gary o'donoghue is outside the court in new york. while thejury were while the jury were deliberating, mr trump had to be called back into court? , , , , ., court? yes, the “my spent four hours and _ court? yes, the “my spent four hours and 37 — court? yes, the jury spent four hours and 37 minutes, - court? yes, the jury spent four hours and 37 minutes, to - court? yes, the jury spent four hours and 37 minutes, to be i court? yes, the jury spent four - hours and 37 minutes, to be precise, deliberating. that is after they had instructions from the ju

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the incident comes less than a week after 73—year—old geoff kitchen, from the uk, died during severe a singapore airlines flight. officials say this latest flight encountered rough weather conditions over turkey. it landed as scheduled at lunchtime at dublin airport. now it's time for today's sunday episode of newscast — with adam fleming, laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell. hello, you two. hello. can i introduce you to the new star of newscast electioncast? yourself. no! i'm famously modest, laura. jenny leck. 0h! the realjenny leck. i heard about this. yeah, she's from manchester and her name is actuallyjenny leckie, but her friends call herjenny leck, which means she's perfect as our part—time general election correspondent. so i heard jenny leck the other day on newscast, and i thought, she sounds like a marvellous person. however, i also have quite a strong feeling that anyone calling the general election genny lex should be not allowed to do so. you were wondering in a new modern bbc, what kind of punishment is allowed? yes, exactly. oh, really? because i heard i heard the bo

a 73—year—old british man, geoff kitchen, died from a suspected heart attack onboard, while 20 peopleve care. phil mackie is in bristol where mr kitchen lived. there have been so many lovely tributes paid today, it sounded like he was a very special man. yes. tributes paid today, it sounded like he was a very special man. yes, this is thornbury — he was a very special man. yes, this is thornbury and _ he was a very special man. yes, this is thornbury and south _ is thornbury and south gloucestershire just outside the theatre where he was a stalwart of theatre where he was a stalwart of the musical theatre group, a member of that for a very long time. a lot of that for a very long time. a lot of people who knew him seemed to like him and said he was very witty and very funny man and he was very popular and the thornbury musical theatre group said it is with a heavy heart that they learned of the devastating news and on their facebook pages daughter had said, love you, dad. of his neighbours and good friend saw them off for the holiday at the weekend, they were on their way to australia

some poor people who were walking around, ended up doing somersaults. 73 year old geoff kitchen fromwith 229 people on board left london late on monday night, bound for singapore. but on the final leg near the myanmar coast, it ran into difficulty. dozens are still being treated for their injuries in bangkok. an investigation is underway. paul hawkins, bbc news. our correspondent monica miller is at singapore airport, where many of the passengers and crew were taken. monica, what's the latest on those who were injured? ican i can tell you right now that this old school — i can tell you right now that this old school newspaper, front page, front _ old school newspaper, front page, front fold. — old school newspaper, front page, front fold, this is what people are talking _ front fold, this is what people are talking about in singapore. as you can see, _ talking about in singapore. as you can see, i'm — talking about in singapore. as you can see, i'm not at the airport but iam— can see, i'm not at the airport but lam in— can see, i'm not at the airport but lam inthe— can see, i'm not a

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one passenger widely identified as 73-year-old geoff kitchen died. an airport official says the passenger suffered from a heart condition. four americans were also on board, a family on its way to a rotary convention. the boeing 777 was applying from london to singapore when it hit sudden turbulence on the edge of a powerful storm. flight radar 24 data shows the plane suddenly pushed up, then down. like a violent wave at 37,000 feet. then, a controlled emergency descent to 31,000 feet and emergency landing. firefighters and medics rushed in, removing victims on back boards. inside the plane, evidence of a terrifying flight. overhead panels ripped off, food and bottles scattered on the floor. blood stains on the ceiling. andrew davies was a passenger. so called clear air turbulence, often appearing close to the jet stream is very difficult to predict, and researchers say climate change has already made wind sheer much stronger. >> if you imagine the air flow over the swing, experiencing a sudden up draft, this wind will be pushed up violently and inst

his name was geoff kitchen. apparently had an existing heart condition but what what do you make of that? the fact that a passenger died on a flight when there was severe turbulence well its terror, it's tragic as you said, and it's terribly sad. but what i imagine is what i imagine is that he became so scared or had to be do think you've heard of the fight or flight response when something is happening like this and you're saying to yourself, i may die or what's going to happen here. you get so scared you have so much adrenaline. and if you have a heart that doesn't have extra compensation, so to speak, or the ability to tolerated. it might be the equivalent of making mr. kitchen go on a 200 yards sprint, which he may be can't do or his heart couldn't tolerate with the amount of adrenaline going through a system that's what i would envision could have happened. i'd say it is what happened, but that's that's what when i heard that that's what i go on. >> the cause of death has not been confirmed, but we do appre

severe turbulence force pilots to make an emergency landing in thailand a 73 year-old british man, geoff kitchen died on board the flight at least seven others were in critical condition with dozens more injured if the plane landed at the airport and the medical team were sent to the scene. >> investigator many injuries occurred. so the airport had to issue an emergency plan. all our teams went to help out to the airline has launched an investigation into the incident with the british embassy also deploying officials to support those in hospital that passengers left with the question of how this all went so wrong? >> what to bring in c that safety analyst, david susie right now, he was an faa investigator, wrote a very important book on the crash of malaysia airlines flight three, 70 david, thanks for joining us. how rare is the severe turbulence like this that we just saw and heard about? what are you hearing about these paths? messengers, and how the crew experienced all of this a board that singapore jet well, first of all, wolf, it is not very rare at all. >> not very common at all to see th

severe turbulence forced pilots to make an emergency landing in thailand a 73 year-old british man, geoff kitchen died on board the flight at least seven others were in critical condition with dozens more injured and 19, the plane landed at the airport and the medical team were sent to the scene, investigator, many injuries occurred. so the airport had to issue an emergency plan. all our teams went to hello to the airline has launched an investigation into the incident with the british embassy also deploying officials to support those who's in hospital the passengers left with the question of how this all went so wrong now, aaron, a special relief flight has landed safely in singapore. >> it was carrying but 131 of the original 211 passengers from this stricken singapore airlines flight sq 321. we know that more than 70 of the passengers and crew, i have been hospitalized here in bangkok after the plane had to make this emergency landing here. that's nearly a third of all the passengers and crew that were originally on board the plane just giving you a sense of how how many people were hurt it du

one passenger widely identified as 73-year-old geoff kitchen died. an airport official says the passenger suffered from a heart condition. four americans were also onboard, a family on its way to a convention. the boeing 777 was flying from london to singapore when it hit sudden turbulence on the edge of a powerful storm. data shows the plane suddenly pushed up, then down. like a violent wave at 37,000 feet. then a controlled emergency descent to 31,000 feet and then an emergency landing. firefighters and medics rushed in removing victims on backboards. inside the plane, evidence of a terrifying flight. overhead panels flipped off. food and bottles on the floor. bloodstains on the feeling. andrew was a passenger. so-called clear air turbulence often appearing close to the jet stream is very difficult to predict. researchers say climate change has already made wind sheer much stronger. >> so if you imagine the air flow over this wing experiencing a sudden updraft, this wing will be pushed up violently and instantaneously and the airline will tilt to t

so 73 year old british granddad geoff kitchen sadly died on the plane, apparently from a heart attackindonesia japan and australia with his wife linda when the tragedy struck . linda when the tragedy struck. 30 others were injured after smashing their heads on the overhead baggage cabin so hard that they dented them . so boeing that they dented them. so boeing has said singapore airlines offers deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. we deeply apologise for the traumatic experience that our passengers and crew members suffered on this flight. i mean, thatis suffered on this flight. i mean, that is that is a lot of people's complete worst nightmare, isn't it? but there we go. right. okay well, in a, another handbrake turn . time for another handbrake turn. time for our giveaway. now, the biggest cash prize we've ever given away. £20,000. you can spend it however you like. it's totally tax free. here's how it can be yours. >> the next great british giveaway winner could be you. with a massive £20,000 in tax free cash to won . be imagine how free cash to won. be imagine how yo

it comes just six days after a 73—year—old british man, geoff kitchen, died from a suspected heart attack, the number of cases of this serious and often most dangerous form of the disease is on the rise. rates of melanoma have increased by almost a third over a decade, from 21 to 28 per 100,000 people between 2007 and 2009 and 2017 and 2019. it's more common in the elderly. among those aged over 80, there was a 57% rise, while amongst those aged 25 to 49, there was a 7% increase. 17,000 melanoma cases every year are preventable, with almost nine in ten caused by too much ultraviolet radiation. and one source of that uv radiation comes from the sun, damaging skin cells and causing cancer. we think that there are a few different reasons for this record high of melanoma skin cancer cases. the main one being too much exposure to ultraviolet or uv radiation from the sun and sunbeds, which is why it's so important to take care in the sun. but there are other factors at play as well. here in the uk we have an ageing population and age is a big risk factor for cancer. we also have a growing popul