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Crj-700 flight crew and an enroute controller reported a crew member injury resulted from a wake vortex encounter with an A380 in cruise flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1431083 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | A380 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 129 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Encountered wake turbulence at altitude; one of our flight attendants ended up getting injured. [Advised ATC] and asked for 250 kts speed relief below 10;000 MSL. Coordinated with ATC and ATC approved.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-700 flight crew and an Enroute Controller reported a crew member injury resulted from a wake vortex encounter with an A380 in cruise flight.
Narrative: Encountered wake turbulence at altitude; one of our flight attendants ended up getting injured. [Advised ATC] and asked for 250 kts speed relief below 10;000 MSL. Coordinated with ATC and ATC approved.
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.