B777 flight attendant reported being injured when the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence and...

Narrative:

As the galley flight attendant; I was in the aft galley with other main cabin flight attendants setting up for breakfast service when we hit severe turbulence. The plane fell about three times. Both beverage carts fell over as well as inserts; garbage and other galley items. Debris came down on us. We had a full flight with no passenger seats available. There were 6 flight attendants in the galley. We only have 5 available jumpseats in the galley. That meant one flight attendant did not have a seat to go to and thus was thrown around throughout this ordeal. This is totally unacceptable. There should be enough seats in a cabin for all the flight attendants working that cabin or else an available passenger seat for us. I ended up with bruised rib and thigh. We were told by pilots that it was clear air turbulence. Unaware if any passengers ended up declaring any injuries. None did at the time of landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 Flight Attendant reported being injured when the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence and there were not enough jump seats in the aft galley for Flight Attendants to occupy.

Narrative: As the Galley Flight Attendant; I was in the aft galley with other Main Cabin Flight Attendants setting up for breakfast service when we hit severe turbulence. The plane fell about three times. Both beverage carts fell over as well as inserts; garbage and other galley items. Debris came down on us. We had a full flight with no passenger seats available. There were 6 flight attendants in the galley. We only have 5 available jumpseats in the galley. That meant one flight attendant did not have a seat to go to and thus was thrown around throughout this ordeal. This is totally unacceptable. There should be enough seats in a cabin for all the flight attendants working that cabin or else an available passenger seat for us. I ended up with bruised rib and thigh. We were told by pilots that it was clear air turbulence. Unaware if any passengers ended up declaring any injuries. None did at the time of landing.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1609390
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 30 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 5 Flight Attendant Total 30 Flight Attendant Type 95
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

B777 flight attendant reported being injured when the aircraft encountered unexpected turbulence and there were not enough jump seats in the aft galley for flight attendants to occupy.