3/03/99

*** FAA: ATA 727 hits turbulence at 35,000

AMERICAN TRANS AIR ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL350 200 MILES EAST OF NASSAU, AND 4 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED, THERE WAS NO ACFT DAMAGE, NASSAU, BAHAMAS.