<< >> NASA ASRS Report 706495, August 2006

A B757 flight attendant reports that a fellow flight attendant was injured during turbulence when an insufficient time between clear air turbulence warnings and incident.

Attributes
ACN	706495
Time
Date	200608
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence Thunderstorm
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : off duty other personnel other
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 14 flight attendant time total : 14 flight attendant time type : 90
ASRS Report	706495
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Captain asked the flight attendants to take seats early because of storms and turbulence in the area of mia. Just as he said that; the aircraft dropped and jolted severely. The #2 flight attendant was heading for the aft galley holding on to the overhead bins. I don't know how she got to the back without getting hurt. All seats were taken; no where for her to go. When she made it to the aft galley; she made a PA that #4 flight attendant fell down. All of the deadheading flight attendants got up to assist. The #4 flight attendant was in pain in her left elbow area. It was swelling up and it turned red. I sat at the 4R door for landing since she could not operate the door in case of an emergency!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTS THAT A FELLOW FLT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED DURING TURB WHEN AN INSUFFICIENT TIME BTWN CLR AIR TURB WARNINGS AND INCIDENT.

Narrative: CAPT ASKED THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO TAKE SEATS EARLY BECAUSE OF STORMS AND TURB IN THE AREA OF MIA. JUST AS HE SAID THAT; THE ACFT DROPPED AND JOLTED SEVERELY. THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT WAS HDG FOR THE AFT GALLEY HOLDING ON TO THE OVERHEAD BINS. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE GOT TO THE BACK WITHOUT GETTING HURT. ALL SEATS WERE TAKEN; NO WHERE FOR HER TO GO. WHEN SHE MADE IT TO THE AFT GALLEY; SHE MADE A PA THAT #4 FLT ATTENDANT FELL DOWN. ALL OF THE DEADHEADING FLT ATTENDANTS GOT UP TO ASSIST. THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT WAS IN PAIN IN HER L ELBOW AREA. IT WAS SWELLING UP AND IT TURNED RED. I SAT AT THE 4R DOOR FOR LNDG SINCE SHE COULD NOT OPERATE THE DOOR IN CASE OF AN EMER!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.