Investigators analysing data from SQ321’s flight recorders: Chee Hong Tat

As part of a more optimistic approach to managing turmoil, SIA has since suspended the offering of in-flight dishes as well as hot beverages when the seat belt signal is activated.

The national provider also canceled its daily flights from London to Singapore on SQ321 to avoid the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar, where the unexpected turbulence occurred just before the scheduled getting earlier this month.

Rather, the two SQ321 flights since Tuesday’s tragedy have flown over the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, according to flight tracker FlightRadar 24’s route data. According to monitoring data, the flight time is roughly the same.