Narrative:

Our day started out with a delay of about one hour due to flow into our destination. As we were waiting for our departure on the west end of the airport we had a serious security threat take place in the back of the airplane. After about a two hour delay dealing with flight attendants; customer service; police; fbi; flight operations; an in-flight supervisor; and security we proceeded to our first stop and then to fly flight coast to coast. After we landed the first officer and I talked about how worn out and fatigued we were; but decided to continue.after a normal pushback from the gate I proceeded to taxi without a salute from the pushback crew. Just as I pushed the power up and started moving the first officer saw the tow vehicle pulling back from the airplane. I stopped the airplane abruptly; set the parking brake and waited for a salute. After receiving a salute we taxied to the hold spot and set the brakes. As we were waiting I called the lead flight attendant to see if everyone was ok after the sudden stop. She said everyone was ok; but that she did bump her shoulder against the forward closet; adding that she was fine. We proceeded to taxi to the runway and take off.approximately one hour before landing the lead flight attendant called to inform me that a flight attendant working in coach had twisted her back while standing in the aisle during the sudden stop after push back. She informed me that a total of two flight attendants were going to file a report. There is no doubt that fatigue played a major role in the breakdown of sops. Another contributing factor was that I was still distracted thinking about the earlier security threat during our pushback on this last leg.

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Title: B757-200 flight crew reported two flight attendants suffered minor injuries during an abrupt stop on the ground when the Captain started to taxi without a salute from the pushback crew. Fatigue from lengthy delays and mental distraction from an earlier on board security threat contributed to the event.

Narrative: Our day started out with a delay of about one hour due to flow into our destination. As we were waiting for our departure on the west end of the airport we had a serious security threat take place in the back of the airplane. After about a two hour delay dealing with flight attendants; Customer Service; Police; FBI; Flight Operations; an In-Flight Supervisor; and Security we proceeded to our first stop and then to fly flight coast to coast. After we landed the First Officer and I talked about how worn out and fatigued we were; but decided to continue.After a normal pushback from the gate I proceeded to taxi without a salute from the pushback crew. Just as I pushed the power up and started moving the First Officer saw the tow vehicle pulling back from the airplane. I stopped the airplane abruptly; set the parking brake and waited for a salute. After receiving a salute we taxied to the hold spot and set the brakes. As we were waiting I called the Lead Flight Attendant to see if everyone was OK after the sudden stop. She said everyone was OK; but that she did bump her shoulder against the forward closet; adding that she was fine. We proceeded to taxi to the runway and take off.Approximately one hour before landing the Lead Flight Attendant called to inform me that a Flight Attendant working in coach had twisted her back while standing in the aisle during the sudden stop after push back. She informed me that a total of two flight attendants were going to file a report. There is no doubt that fatigue played a major role in the breakdown of SOPs. Another contributing factor was that I was still distracted thinking about the earlier security threat during our pushback on this last leg.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.