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Air carrier flight attendant reported another flight attendant was injured after the aircraft encountered wake turbulence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1362947 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
I was purser. The aircraft was turning on descent and flew thru unreported wake turbulence. I received a call from [a] flight attendant who was in the coach galley. [He] informed me that [another flight attendant] was injured during the turbulence. I went to check on [her]. She had been thrown against door 2R and hit her head and back. She was sitting on the jump seat talking to me. She appeared to be in a lot of pain; was talking slowly and kept repeating herself. I called the pilots and requested an inflight supervisor meet the airplane upon arrival. We landed and there wasn't a supervisor there to meet us. The captain called for paramedics who took [her] off the airplane (after all passengers were off) in a wheelchair.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Attendant reported another Flight Attendant was injured after the aircraft encountered wake turbulence.
Narrative: I was purser. The aircraft was turning on descent and flew thru unreported wake turbulence. I received a call from [a] flight attendant who was in the coach galley. [He] informed me that [another Flight Attendant] was injured during the turbulence. I went to check on [her]. She had been thrown against door 2R and hit her head and back. She was sitting on the jump seat talking to me. She appeared to be in a lot of pain; was talking slowly and kept repeating herself. I called the pilots and requested an inflight supervisor meet the airplane upon arrival. We landed and there wasn't a supervisor there to meet us. The Captain called for paramedics who took [her] off the airplane (after all passengers were off) in a wheelchair.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.