3/03/99

*** FAA: AA B-767 Flight 782 hits Turbulence

AMERICAN AIRLINES ACFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE 50 MILES NORTH OF ORLANDO, FL, 12 POB SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES, THERE WAS NO ACFT DAMAGE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, THE ACFT PROCEEDED TO ITS DESTINATION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT CHICAGO.

*** Continental flight hits turbulence

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - A Continental Airlines flight from Newark, N.J. to Puerto Rico hit severe turbulence Thursday and dropped 500 feet, injuring 16 passengers and forcing it to land in Bermuda for medical help, police said. Police in Bermuda said 16 of the 159 people aboard Continental Flight 743 were hospitalized with serious injuries, most to the head and neck, and that another 45 passengers suffered minor injuries. "In one minute, I saw people flying. It was like an S-shape in the air, up and down. I saw one man flip right over the seat," passenger Diana Munoz of Newark said. Continental spokeswoman Karla Villalon said the turbulence came amid fairly clear skies, causing the plane to drop 500 feet then quickly recover.

* American Airlines jet hits turbulence; 15 slightly hurt

*** FAA: New Delta 777 hits BA 747 wake turbulence

DELTA AIRLINES ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A BRITISH AIRWAYS BOEING B-747, AND 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND THERE WAS NO ACFT DAMAGE, COVINGTON, KY.

*** FAA: American 767 hits severe turbulence

AMERICAN AIRLINES ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE NEAR THE PRUIT INTERESECTION APPROXIMATELY 620 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNEDY AIRPORT, 12 PAX AND 3 CREWMEMBERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY IN BERMUDA, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, NEW YORK, NY.