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A boeing 767-300 encountered severe turbulence, which injured 3 cabin attendants, and diverted to bgr for medical attention.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 449897 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bgr.airport |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw.artcc tracon : p80.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : ns.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14407 flight time type : 1236 |
| ASRS Report | 449897 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : relief pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 450072 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
On sep/xa/99, I encountered severe turbulence about 50 NM ese of bangor, me, at XB30 EDT. 3 flight attendants were slightly injured. I diverted to bangor, me, to obtain medical assistance. No turbulence was shown on the radar display.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BOEING 767-300 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB, WHICH INJURED 3 CABIN ATTENDANTS, AND DIVERTED TO BGR FOR MEDICAL ATTN.
Narrative: ON SEP/XA/99, I ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB ABOUT 50 NM ESE OF BANGOR, ME, AT XB30 EDT. 3 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED. I DIVERTED TO BANGOR, ME, TO OBTAIN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. NO TURB WAS SHOWN ON THE RADAR DISPLAY.
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.