Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after extreme turbulence

A passenger, on wheelchair, arrives from Bangkok at a Singapore airport on Wednesday (AP)

Singapore Airlines has said it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week.

The airline said it has adopted a “more cautious approach to managing turbulence in-flight” after the Boeing 777 jet heading to Singapore hit extreme turbulence over the Andaman Sea on Tuesday, hurling people and items around the cabin.