# Incident 20000110000659I: Boeing 747422, Pacific Ocean, HI, January 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2000, 07:37 local time
- Place: Pacific Ocean, HI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Aircraft: N189UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747422
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000110000659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NARITA, JAPAN ENROUTE HONOLULU, HAWAII.  PILOT INDICATED SOME TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 37,000 FT.  HE LEFT SEAT BELT SIGN ON.  UPON REACHING CRUISE LEVEL, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE THAT LASTED APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS.  UPON ARRIVAL AT HNL, 5 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES.  THREE WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  THEY WERE RELEASED WITH MINOR BRUISES.  TWO DID NOT WANT TREATMENT.  ONE PASSENGER (CHILD) TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.ALSO RELEASED WITH MINOR BRUISES.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED BURNS FROM HOT COFFEE.  RECEIVED TREATMENT FROM AIRPORT MEDICAL AND RELEASED.  REMAINING PASSENGER REFUSED TREATMENT AND DEPARTED.  AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND REPORTED NO DAMAGE.  A RIVET IN THE AREA OF THE LOWER WING ADJACENT TO #3 ENGINE WAS PULLED LOOSE AND WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.  NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT ITEMS FOUND.

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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