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Mr Hamdan Mohamed Khamis (left), a senior first officer with the Seoul-headquartered Asiana Airlines, is one of the coaches of Flight Experience Singapore's Fear of Flying programme.
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SINGAPORE – Ms Gunriddh Sial, 28, is so unnerved by the idea of turbulence that the mere thought of boarding an aircraft is enough to bring on a rush of palpitations, clammy hands and a creeping sense of dread.
For this Singapore-based Indian founder of conscious womenswear label House of Gulaal, the idea of air travel – especially in the wake of the May 21 incident, in which Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 was rocked by sudden and extreme turbulence and one passenger died – is enough to set her anxiety in motion.
