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A flight attendant reported that during some light turbulence the aircraft suddenly dropped injuring a flight attendant.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1446386 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
While working the galley; the seat belt sign came on; but we continued service. Turbulence was light. We were handing out water and ice cream; and also picking up from the a zone aft. Suddenly the aircraft severely dropped. I was lifted completely off my feet and hit the ceiling in the aft galley and then was just as quickly slammed back to my feet and the floor. I kind of crumpled down. Five flight attendants were on the floor plus one passenger. Two crew grabbed jumpsuits; but there are only two jumpsuits in the back. A flight attendant who was back helping also sat on the floor in front of the 4L lavatory. Eventually it smoothed out; but I was feeling back pain. I tried to file the claim while on layover; but the phone number and all 'links' to this page would not load overseas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant reported that during some light turbulence the aircraft suddenly dropped injuring a Flight Attendant.
Narrative: While working the galley; the seat belt sign came on; but we continued service. Turbulence was light. We were handing out water and ice cream; and also picking up from the A zone aft. Suddenly the aircraft severely dropped. I was lifted completely off my feet and hit the ceiling in the aft galley and then was just as quickly slammed back to my feet and the floor. I kind of crumpled down. Five flight attendants were on the floor plus one passenger. Two crew grabbed jumpsuits; but there are only two jumpsuits in the back. A flight attendant who was back helping also sat on the floor in front of the 4L lavatory. Eventually it smoothed out; but I was feeling back pain. I tried to file the claim while on layover; but the phone number and all 'links' to this page would not load overseas.
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.