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Flight attendant report about a B767-300 flight which encountered clear air turbulence causing injury to flight attendant.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 421885 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : eze |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ash |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 421885 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
About 1 hour and 45 mins after takeoff from eze to mia, I was completing the meal/beverage service and there was sudden, severe, clear air turbulence. I was in the vestibule of the aft l-hand side area in the aft service center. I was thrown back against the edge of the aft, l-hand side lavatory sidewall, where my lower back area (waist line) hit the corner edge, which has a hard rubber guard which protrudes in the corner. I was then thrown forward and my left leg skin area hit the edge of the liquor cart on the right side of the cart. A co-worker who was standing protected by the 2 sidewalls entering the area, held me back from falling back into the outer l-hand side, aft lavatory. I then grabbed a hand-hold and braced until I was able to further protect myself.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT ABOUT A B767-300 FLT WHICH ENCOUNTERED CLR AIR TURB CAUSING INJURY TO FLT ATTENDANT.
Narrative: ABOUT 1 HR AND 45 MINS AFTER TKOF FROM EZE TO MIA, I WAS COMPLETING THE MEAL/BEVERAGE SVC AND THERE WAS SUDDEN, SEVERE, CLR AIR TURB. I WAS IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE AFT L-HAND SIDE AREA IN THE AFT SVC CTR. I WAS THROWN BACK AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE AFT, L-HAND SIDE LAVATORY SIDEWALL, WHERE MY LOWER BACK AREA (WAIST LINE) HIT THE CORNER EDGE, WHICH HAS A HARD RUBBER GUARD WHICH PROTRUDES IN THE CORNER. I WAS THEN THROWN FORWARD AND MY L LEG SKIN AREA HIT THE EDGE OF THE LIQUOR CART ON THE R SIDE OF THE CART. A CO-WORKER WHO WAS STANDING PROTECTED BY THE 2 SIDEWALLS ENTERING THE AREA, HELD ME BACK FROM FALLING BACK INTO THE OUTER L-HAND SIDE, AFT LAVATORY. I THEN GRABBED A HAND-HOLD AND BRACED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO FURTHER PROTECT MYSELF.
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.