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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-7H4 · Kansas City, MO · April 3, 2000

Date
April 3, 2000 · 14:55 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N713SW
Reported as
Boeing 7377H4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)On April 3, 2000, approximately twenty minutes into the flight (cruise), two flight attendants working aft sustained injuries when they were thronw about the cabin. The fligthattendants indicated that it had been bumpy most of the day and the captain told them to sit down when it was necessary. The unexpected turbulence sounded to the flight attendants like a loud boom more then once. Two fligth attendance sustained injuries and were transported to the hospital in Kansas City, MO. Where they were treated and released. One flight attendant had a shoulder injury and the other a lower back injury. The flight attendant with the back injury was unable to be moved. Therefore, she remained on the galley floor during landing wihtout the benefit of a seatbelt/shoulder harness. There was a deadheading crew who filled in and wourked the flight to lax. (Note: f/a statements are on file at mci FSDO). This incident #CE2000IAC038 is considered closed with this report. Ptrs #CE5200005305

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON APRIL 3, 2000, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT (CRUISE), TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WORKING AFT SUSTAINED INJURIES WHEN THEY WERE THRONW ABOUT THE CABIN. THE FLIGTHATTENDANTS INDICATED THAT IT HAD BEEN BUMPY MOST OF THE DAY AND THE CAPTAIN TOLD THEM TO SIT DOWN WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY. THE UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE SOUNDED TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LIKE A LOUD BOOM MORE THEN ONCE. TWO FLIGTH ATTENDANCE SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN KANSAS CITY, MO. WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD A SHOULDER INJURY AND THE OTHER A LOWER BACK INJURY. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WITH THE BACK INJURY WAS UNABLE TO BE MOVED. THEREFORE, SHE REMAINED ON THE GALLEY FLOOR DURING LANDING WIHTOUT THE BENEFIT OF A SEATBELT/SHOULDER HARNESS. THERE WAS A DEADHEADING CREW WHO FILLED IN AND WOURKED THE FLIGHT TO LAX. (NOTE: F/A STATEMENTS ARE ON FILE AT MCI FSDO). THIS INCIDENT #CE2000IAC038 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. PTRS #CE5200005305