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B777-200 flight attendant reports an encounter with clear air turbulence that injured 2 flight attendants in pacific oceanic airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 545630 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zoa.artcc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence other |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 3 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 41 flight attendant time total : 41 flight attendant time type : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 545630 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 1-2-3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Clear air turbulence. 2 flight attendants were injured. It did not last long. It was a jolt and drop which caused injury.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777-200 FLT ATTENDANT RPTS AN ENCOUNTER WITH CLR AIR TURB THAT INJURED 2 FLT ATTENDANTS IN PACIFIC OCEANIC AIRSPACE.
Narrative: CLR AIR TURB. 2 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED. IT DID NOT LAST LONG. IT WAS A JOLT AND DROP WHICH CAUSED INJURY.
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.