B757 cabin crew member assists passenger during encounter with severe turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	716378
Time
Date	200611
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence Thunderstorm
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 16 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 40
ASRS Report	716378
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Passenger Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor

Narrative:

Encountered severe turbulence en route ZZZZ-ZZZ. I immediately sat down in passenger seat 36C (B757). Female passenger then fell out of aft r-hand lavatory to the floor. More turbulence; then passenger began to 'deviate' off of the floor. I grabbed her in a bear hug to prevent any injury or air time; more turbulence; resulting in injury to myself while holding onto passenger. Passenger; uninjured; returned to seat assignment; performed safety checks; cleaned up aft galley and proceeded to ZZZ. Situation unavoidable? Possible correction? Brief passenger about possible turbulence while standing in an aisle.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CABIN CREW MEMBER ASSISTS PAX DURING ENCOUNTER WITH SEVERE TURB.

Narrative: ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB ENRTE ZZZZ-ZZZ. I IMMEDIATELY SAT DOWN IN PAX SEAT 36C (B757). FEMALE PAX THEN FELL OUT OF AFT R-HAND LAVATORY TO THE FLOOR. MORE TURB; THEN PAX BEGAN TO 'DEVIATE' OFF OF THE FLOOR. I GRABBED HER IN A BEAR HUG TO PREVENT ANY INJURY OR AIR TIME; MORE TURB; RESULTING IN INJURY TO MYSELF WHILE HOLDING ONTO PAX. PAX; UNINJURED; RETURNED TO SEAT ASSIGNMENT; PERFORMED SAFETY CHKS; CLEANED UP AFT GALLEY AND PROCEEDED TO ZZZ. SITUATION UNAVOIDABLE? POSSIBLE CORRECTION? BRIEF PAX ABOUT POSSIBLE TURB WHILE STANDING IN AN AISLE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.