3/03/99
*** FAA: America West A320 hits turbulence -- Injuries
A. Type: Accident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 11/04/1999
From: WESTERN PACIFIC REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: AWE2569 M/M: A320 Desc: AIRBUS A-320
Activity: Business Phase: Unknown GA-A/C: Air Carrier
Descr: AMERICA WEST ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND 6 PASSENGERS AND 3
CREWMEMBERS WERE INJURED (ONE PASSENGER HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, THE
REST OF THE INJURIES ARE MINOR), THE ACFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED 40 MILES SE OF
BEATTY, NV.
WX: UNKN Damage: None
C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 3 Unk:Y
# Pass: 6 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 5 Unk:Y
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
UNK:
D. Location City: BEATTY State: NV
E. Occ Date: 09/16/1999 Time: 21:47
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: WP19 DO CTY: LAS VEGAS
DO State: NV Others: NTSB
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: SEATTLE, WA Dep Date: 09/16/1999 Time:
Dest: SEATTLE, WA Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR
*** NTSB: American Airlines A300 hits CAT
NTSB Identification: ATL00LA004 Scheduled 14 CFR 121 operation of AMERICAN AIRLINES Accident occurred OCT-27-99 at MIAMI, FL Aircraft: Airbus A300-605, registration: N70054 Injuries: 1 Serious, 156 Uninjured. On October 27, 1999, at approximately 0440 eastern daylight time an Airbus A300-605, N70054, encountered clear air turbulence enroute to Miami, Florida. The commercial flight was operated by American Airlines as Flight 918 under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 121 and instrument flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and an instrument flight plan was filed. The pilot, first officer, eight cabin crew members and 146 passengers were not injured. One passenger was seriously injured. The flight originated from Lima, Peru, on October 26, 1999 at 0010 eastern daylight time. According to American Airlines, Flight 918 was enroute from Lima, Peru, to Miami, Florida, when they encountered clear air turbulence. The fasten seatbelt sign was illuminated. A passenger was walking in the aisle at the time the turbulence was encountered and was thrown off balance into a passenger seat armrest. The passenger sustained a non-displaced fracture to one rib.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/ATL/00A004.htm
*** EgyptAir suicide theory rejected
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A leading Egyptian airline pilot said there are several possible explanations as to why the autopilot and engines of EgyptAir Flight 990 could have shut off by themselves. Rejecting suggestions that a co-pilot sent the flight into a suicidal dive, Walid Murad, head of the Egyptian Airline Pilots Association, said Thursday that other possible conditions - including extreme turbulence, rapid decompression, engine flameout and water in the engines - could explain what happened on Oct. 31, when the Boeing 767 crashed, killed all 217 people aboard.*** FAA: Southwest 737 hits severe turbulence - Minor Injuries
A. Type: Incident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 11/19/1999
From: WESTERN PACIFIC REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: SWA981 M/M: B737 Desc: MODEL 737
Activity: Business Phase: Unknown GA-A/C: Air Carrier
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE OVER ALAMOSA
CO, AT FL280, AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, NO
OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED, THERE WAS NO ACFT DAMAGE, WHEN THE
ACFT ARRIVED 11 PAX COMPLAINED OF FEELING ILL, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE UNKNOWN, THE ACFT LANDED AT ITS DESTINATION OF LOS ANGELES, CA.
WX: UNKN Damage: None
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: ALAMOSA State: CO
E. Occ Date: 11/18/1999 Time: 09:45
F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: WP23 DO CTY: LOS ANGELES
DO State: CA Others: NTSB
G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: KANSAS CITY, MO Dep Date: 11/18/1999 Time:
Dest: LOS ANGELES, CA Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR