The latest on the Singapore Airlines turbulence incident

The person who died aboard the Singapore Airlines plane that encountered severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore was a 73-year-old British man, the general manager of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok said on Tuesday.

According to Kittipong Kittikachorn, the man died on the plane.

Kittikachorn told CNN the cause of death had yet to be determined by a doctor, adding that the man had suffered from heart disease.

“It is the first time in Thailand that people have died in a turbulence,” Kittikachorn said, adding that the wife of the deceased passenger was in hospital.

Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was reviewing the reports when contacted by CNN for comment.