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B777 flight attendant in-charge reported an inflight turbulence encounter that injured flight attendants and passengers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1617132 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 31 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 8 Flight Attendant Total 31 Flight Attendant Type 90 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Captain called me and said it looks like we're going to encounter the light chop earlier than we expected. Just a heads up. I called the back and number 2 answered and I relayed message. [Flight attendant] number 2 said we're almost.I go back to serving breads at and that's when we felt like we were rocking. I went up to ceiling and just started to grab anything to hang onto. Then went down to floor. I heard people scream. Then I started getting calls. 1st one was captain checking on us. Then the back where they said we have 3 flight attendants down. Only 2 passengers got hurt. The seatbelt sign was on. Both refused paramedics assistance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 Flight Attendant in-charge reported an inflight turbulence encounter that injured flight attendants and passengers.
Narrative: Captain called me and said it looks like we're going to encounter the light chop earlier than we expected. Just a heads up. I called the back and Number 2 answered and I relayed message. [Flight Attendant] Number 2 said we're almost.I go back to serving breads at and that's when we felt like we were rocking. I went up to ceiling and just started to grab anything to hang onto. Then went down to floor. I heard people scream. Then I started getting calls. 1st one was Captain checking on us. Then the back where they said we have 3 flight attendants down. Only 2 passengers got hurt. The seatbelt sign was on. Both refused paramedics assistance.
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.