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A300 aircraft in cruise on oceanic route encountered severe turbulence. Passenger and flight attendant injuries. Flight crew had no pre- warning of the turbulence. Emergency was declared and flight diverted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357562 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sie |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 357562 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 357394 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Location: champ/amber 300. In vicinity of champ, amber 300 sbound, FL330 encountered severe turbulence which resulted in injuries to flight attendant and passenger. Diverted to jfk. Uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 ACFT IN CRUISE ON OCEANIC RTE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. PAX AND FLT ATTENDANT INJURIES. FLC HAD NO PRE- WARNING OF THE TURB. EMER WAS DECLARED AND FLT DIVERTED.
Narrative: LOCATION: CHAMP/AMBER 300. IN VICINITY OF CHAMP, AMBER 300 SBOUND, FL330 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB WHICH RESULTED IN INJURIES TO FLT ATTENDANT AND PAX. DIVERTED TO JFK. UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.