Two minutes after the flight crew seated the flight attendants; an A319 encountered moderate turbule...

Attributes
ACN	1076340
Time
Date	201303
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 14623 Flight Crew Type 2533
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Incident occurred near end of flight as we were descending. At 11;000 ft on the arrival; the captain and I were looking at cloud formations ahead that we thought could be rough. Radar was on but showed no returns. He made a call to the flight attendants and told them to be seated. We entered the clouds about 2 minutes later and encountered moderate turbulence. The two flight attendants in the back were hurt. One male banged his knee and required a band aid for a bloody knee. The female fell and twisted her ankle. Paramedics checked her out and she was taken to a hospital via ambulance for x-rays. The x-rays showed a small chip fracture of one of the metatarsal bones.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two minutes after the flight crew seated the flight attendants; an A319 encountered moderate turbulence at 11;000 FT but the two aft flight attendants were injured; the most serious an ankle bone chip.

Narrative: Incident occurred near end of flight as we were descending. At 11;000 FT on the arrival; the Captain and I were looking at cloud formations ahead that we thought could be rough. Radar was on but showed no returns. He made a call to the flight attendants and told them to be seated. We entered the clouds about 2 minutes later and encountered moderate turbulence. The two flight attendants in the back were hurt. One male banged his knee and required a band aid for a bloody knee. The female fell and twisted her ankle. Paramedics checked her out and she was taken to a hospital via ambulance for x-rays. The x-rays showed a small chip fracture of one of the metatarsal bones.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Two minutes after the flight crew seated the flight attendants; an A319 encountered moderate turbulence at 11;000 ft but the two aft flight attendants were injured; the most serious an ankle bone chip.