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2 passenger injured after an MD80 flight encounters severe turbulence at FL290 in the vicinity of cew, fl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 581899 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : cew.vortac |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 581899 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : pax 4 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Environmental Factor Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Received phone patch from flight reporting. They had encountered severe turbulence over cew at FL290. 2 passenger complained of head and neck injuries. Flight requested paramedics meet flight to evaluate passenger. Flight was en route iah-fll. Crew advised ATC had no information of prior reports. They did start vectoring flts around the area after air carrier X made their report to them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 2 PAX INJURED AFTER AN MD80 FLT ENCOUNTERS SEVERE TURB AT FL290 IN THE VICINITY OF CEW, FL.
Narrative: RECEIVED PHONE PATCH FROM FLT RPTING. THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB OVER CEW AT FL290. 2 PAX COMPLAINED OF HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. FLT REQUESTED PARAMEDICS MEET FLT TO EVALUATE PAX. FLT WAS ENRTE IAH-FLL. CREW ADVISED ATC HAD NO INFO OF PRIOR RPTS. THEY DID START VECTORING FLTS AROUND THE AREA AFTER ACR X MADE THEIR RPT TO THEM.
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.