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Flight attendant reported a lightning strike and severe turbulence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1694412 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201910 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 49 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 6 Flight Attendant Total 49 Flight Attendant Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I was the purser and was in the forward cabin. Approximately 30 minutes before landing; the captain advised we would be entering an area of some turbulence. The seatbelt sign went on and I announced for passengers to take their seats and fasten seat belts. The flight attendant's in the main cabin were finishing up their service and galley flight attendants were stowing carts. Suddenly; we had severe turbulence and then a lightning strike and loud bang. I ran for my seat and made another PA. The flight attendant's in the back galley were thrown around and the carts flew up also. The serve turbulence lasted several minutes. After we smoothed out; the flight attendant's got up and continued to put away galley equipment. There were no serious injuries; but the main cabin flight attendant's did get tossed up in the air and back. No passengers complained of any injury. The main cabin flight attendants could give a better description of the chaos in the back galley.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported a lightning strike and severe turbulence.
Narrative: I was the purser and was in the forward cabin. Approximately 30 minutes before landing; the Captain advised we would be entering an area of some turbulence. The seatbelt sign went on and I announced for passengers to take their seats and fasten seat belts. The Flight Attendant's in the main cabin were finishing up their service and galley Flight Attendants were stowing carts. Suddenly; we had severe turbulence and then a lightning strike and loud bang. I ran for my seat and made another PA. The Flight Attendant's in the back galley were thrown around and the carts flew up also. The serve turbulence lasted several minutes. After we smoothed out; the Flight Attendant's got up and continued to put away galley equipment. There were no serious injuries; but the main cabin Flight Attendant's did get tossed up in the air and back. No passengers complained of any injury. The main cabin Flight Attendants could give a better description of the chaos in the back galley.
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.