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Air carrier flight attendant reported turbulence so severe that the shoulder harness had to be removed to avoid injury.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1407384 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We had severe turbulence during the landing approach in iad. I was in my jumpseat with the seat belt on but had to remove my shoulder harness and assume a brace position because the plane was being tossed so badly and the shoulder harness of my seat belt was hurting me. I probably would have ended up with broken collar bones if I didn't take my shoulder harness off. Our jumpseats don't have enough cushion to absorb the impact of that kind of force! The plane was taken out of service and we (the crew) were pretty shaken up. The captain said it was the worst he had ever experienced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Attendant reported turbulence so severe that the shoulder harness had to be removed to avoid injury.
Narrative: We had severe turbulence during the landing approach in IAD. I was in my jumpseat with the seat belt on but had to remove my shoulder harness and assume a brace position because the plane was being tossed so badly and the shoulder harness of my seat belt was hurting me. I probably would have ended up with broken collar bones if I didn't take my shoulder harness off. Our jumpseats don't have enough cushion to absorb the impact of that kind of force! The plane was taken out of service and we (the crew) were pretty shaken up. The Captain said it was the worst he had ever experienced.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.