It was a horrifying nightmarish flight for the passengers on board a flight from London to Singapore as the plane hit clear air turbulence near Bangkok in Thailand.

This was no ordinary clear air turbulence as the plane rocked violently throwing up passengers from their seats into the roof of the plane and bringing them back with a bang crushing the bones of some passengers against their seats.

One passenger died not due to injuries but because of a heart failure. So terrible was the ordeal. It is not that clear air turbulence is rare. I think most of us who have flown and especially those whose professions dictate frequent air travel have encountered clear air turbulence not once but several times.

I myself have experienced this phenomenon non-stop from New York to Dover and while we were over the Atlantic it continued unabated till we were close to landing. In most cases and especially at night, passengers kind of get used to it and those enjoying the hospitality of first and business class just dive deeper........

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