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B737 first officer reported moderate turbulence with minor injuries to passengers and flight attendants.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1581879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MMFR.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 1600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I was the pilot monitoring on flight to ZZZ when we encountered moderate turbulence enroute at FL340 in monterey airspace over the gulf of mexico over the fix of xotug. It went from completely smooth air to moderate turbulence with a couple of jolts and rolls to where it caused several injuries to passengers and flight attendants where we had paramedics meet the aircraft upon arrival in ZZZ. We did not have any indications on radar nor from ATC that it was moderate level turbulence and we were completely startled ourselves. It only lasted about 10-15 seconds while the autopilot remained on and smoothed out afterwards. We checked on the cabin status and were told of the injuries incurred by the passengers who one happened to be in the lavatory and one who had coffee spilled on her lap. The flight attendant also hurt her wrist and hip as well from what we were told. Prior to this; the seat belt sign was off as we were experiencing smooth air and we turned it on as soon as we encountered the turbulence. We also made the PA announcement for the flight attendants to remain seated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported moderate turbulence with minor injuries to passengers and flight attendants.
Narrative: I was the Pilot monitoring on flight to ZZZ when we encountered moderate turbulence enroute at FL340 in Monterey airspace over the gulf of Mexico over the fix of XOTUG. It went from completely smooth air to moderate turbulence with a couple of jolts and rolls to where it caused several injuries to passengers and flight attendants where we had paramedics meet the aircraft upon arrival in ZZZ. We did not have any indications on RADAR nor from ATC that it was moderate level turbulence and we were completely startled ourselves. It only lasted about 10-15 seconds while the autopilot remained on and smoothed out afterwards. We checked on the cabin status and were told of the injuries incurred by the passengers who one happened to be in the lavatory and one who had coffee spilled on her lap. The Flight Attendant also hurt her wrist and hip as well from what we were told. Prior to this; the seat belt sign was off as we were experiencing smooth air and we turned it on as soon as we encountered the turbulence. We also made the PA announcement for the flight attendants to remain seated.
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.