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Flight crew of an medium large transport diverted to land after cabin attendants and passenger were injured by severe turbulence. Those injured were taken to a hospital for examination. No injuries were considered serious.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 338150 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cds |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 338150 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
En route elp-ord encountered severe turbulence at FL330 35 NM north of cds at XA12Z. Captain advised okc operations that he was diverting to okc and required paramedics. Okc contacted dispatch at XX17Z. Flight landed okc at XX24Z and was not overweight for the landing. Captain contacted dispatch, once on the ground, and advised that he had the seat belt sign on about 2 mins prior to the turbulence, and the flight attendants were thrown into the overheads/ceiling. 2 flight attendants and 7 passenger were transported to the hospital for observation. Released later and no apparent serious injury. Flight on jun/fri/96, elp-ord was released by another dispatcher, whom I relieved at XX15Z and appears routing over ama had scattered to broken thunderstorms at the time the release was completed. Routing was elp-summy-cme J26 irk-bdf-ord. Release had additional fuel for possible en route thunderstorm deviation. Flight scheduled to depart elp at XX55Z. Captain advised that ATC gave him direct cds-irk. The flight was sent several sigmets on the activity which included area of thunderstorms in the cds region.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER CABIN ATTENDANTS AND PAX WERE INJURED BY SEVERE TURB. THOSE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION. NO INJURIES WERE CONSIDERED SERIOUS.
Narrative: ENRTE ELP-ORD ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB AT FL330 35 NM N OF CDS AT XA12Z. CAPT ADVISED OKC OPS THAT HE WAS DIVERTING TO OKC AND REQUIRED PARAMEDICS. OKC CONTACTED DISPATCH AT XX17Z. FLT LANDED OKC AT XX24Z AND WAS NOT OVERWT FOR THE LNDG. CAPT CONTACTED DISPATCH, ONCE ON THE GND, AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD THE SEAT BELT SIGN ON ABOUT 2 MINS PRIOR TO THE TURB, AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE THROWN INTO THE OVERHEADS/CEILING. 2 FLT ATTENDANTS AND 7 PAX WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. RELEASED LATER AND NO APPARENT SERIOUS INJURY. FLT ON JUN/FRI/96, ELP-ORD WAS RELEASED BY ANOTHER DISPATCHER, WHOM I RELIEVED AT XX15Z AND APPEARS ROUTING OVER AMA HAD SCATTERED TO BROKEN TSTMS AT THE TIME THE RELEASE WAS COMPLETED. ROUTING WAS ELP-SUMMY-CME J26 IRK-BDF-ORD. RELEASE HAD ADDITIONAL FUEL FOR POSSIBLE ENRTE TSTM DEV. FLT SCHEDULED TO DEPART ELP AT XX55Z. CAPT ADVISED THAT ATC GAVE HIM DIRECT CDS-IRK. THE FLT WAS SENT SEVERAL SIGMETS ON THE ACTIVITY WHICH INCLUDED AREA OF TSTMS IN THE CDS REGION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.