B767. 2 flight attendants were injured in moderate to severe turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	429042
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : marte
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 29000
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc tower : grr.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	429042
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : cab
Resolutory Action	aircraft : automation overrode flight crew controller : separated traffic
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Flight attendant injury on duty. Past marte, gulf of mexico. Flight held down at FL290 due to reported turbulence at FL330 and above. In smooth air, aircraft encountered moderate to severe turbulence. Requested and descended to FL270. Ride smoothed out. 2 flight attendants received injuries.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767. 2 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED IN MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT INJURY ON DUTY. PAST MARTE, GULF OF MEXICO. FLT HELD DOWN AT FL290 DUE TO RPTED TURB AT FL330 AND ABOVE. IN SMOOTH AIR, ACFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB. REQUESTED AND DSNDED TO FL270. RIDE SMOOTHED OUT. 2 FLT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED INJURIES.

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.