# Incident 19791117045579I: Doug DC10/, Tokyo, JA, November 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1979, 16:10 local time
- Place: Tokyo, JA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: JAL
- Aircraft: JL853 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC10/
- People aboard: 149
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791117045579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL330 IN CLOUDS CAUSED INJURIES. RADAR SHOWED NOTHING TO INDICATE TURBULENCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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