*** FAA: Alaska Airlines' Flight Attendant breaks leg
A. Type: A Mid Air: N Missing: N Entry date: 11/14/2000 From: ALASKAN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER B. Reg. No.: 611AS M/M: B737 Desc: B-737-700 Activity: Business Phase: Approach GA-A/C: Air Carrier ALASKA AIRLINES ASA135 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE WHILE ON APPROACH, ANCHORAGE, AK. WX: UNKN Damage: None C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: D. Location. City: ANCHORAGE State: AK Country: US E. Event Date: 11/13/2000 Time: 2215 F. Invest Coverage. IIC: WITHROW Reg/DO: AL03 DO City: ANCHORAGE DO State: AK Others: ANC NTSB JOHNSON G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: CHICAGO, IL Dep Date: 11/13/2000 Time: Dest: ANCHORAGE, AK Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR Last Clearance: UNKN WX Briefing: U Other: FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED BROKEN LEG
*** FAA: Continental 737 hits turbulence -- Injuries
11/20/2000 Preliminary Accident/Incident Data Record 1 **** A. Type: I Mid Air: N Missing: N Entry date: 11/20/2000 From: EASTERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER B. Reg. No.: COA1608 M/M: B737 Desc: B-737 Activity: Business Phase: Cruise GA-A/C: Air Carrier CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ACFT WAS FLYING 40 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND, OH, BETWEEN 20,000-26,000 FEET WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, A FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, THE ACFT CONTINUED ITS FLIGHT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT IN WASHINGTON, DC. C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk: Y # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: D. Location. City: CLEVELAND State: OH Country: US E. Event Date: 11/18/2000 Time: 1450 F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: EA27 DO City: WASHINGTON IAD G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: CLEVELAND, OH Dep Date: 11/18/2000 Time: Dest: WASHINGTON, DC Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR
*** FAA: United Airlines 777 hits turbulence - Injuries
11/27/2000 Preliminary Accident/Incident Data Record 1 A. Type: I Mid Air: N Missing: N Entry date: 11/27/2000 From: NORTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER B. Reg. No.: 791UA M/M: B777 Desc: B-777 Activity: Business Phase: Descent GA-A/C: Air Carrier UNITED AIRLINES ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE ON DESCENT INTO SEATTLE, WA, 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND 1 PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED, THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT IN SEATTLE, WA. C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 2 Unk: Y # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk: Y # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: D. Location. City: SEATTLE State: WA Country: US E. Event Date: 11/26/2000 Time: 1600 F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: NM01 DO City: SEATTLE DO State: WA Others: G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: NARITA, JAPAN Dep Date: 11/26/2000 Time: Dest: SEATTLE, WA Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR Last Clearance: DESCENT CLRNC WX Briefing: Y
*** NTSB: ASHEVELLE Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 N630AS Nonfatal ASA AIRLINES
NTSB Identification: MIA01LA030 Scheduled 14 CFR 121 operation of ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES Accident occurred NOV-20-00 at ASHEVELLE, NC Aircraft: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212, registration: N630AS Injuries: 1 Serious, 39 Uninjured. On November 20, 2000, about 1600 eastern standard time, an Aerospatiale ATR-72-212, N630AS, operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) Inc., flight CAA4276, operating as a regularly scheduled domestic air carrier flight. The airplane was not damaged. The airline transport-rated pilot/captain, commercial-rated first officer (FO) pilot, one flight attendant and 36 passengers reported no injuries. One flight attendant reported serious injuries. The flight departed from Atlanta, Georgia, at 1500. At an altitude of 10,000 feet msl, while maneuvering for landing, the flight encountered an area of moderate turbulence. The seat belt sign was "ON" and the flight attendants were performing pre-landing duties. One of the flight attendants broke a bone during the turbulence event. There were pilot reports and an AIRMET (Airmen Meteorological Information Network) calling for a large area of moderate turbulence below 12,000 feet.
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