What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On February 25, 2003, about 1610 eastern standard time, a Boeing 777-223, N790AN, operated by American airlines inc. (flt. Aa 1614), as a title 14 CFR part 121 scheduled domestic flight, encountered turbulence while on descent to Miami International Airport (mia), Miami, Florida. Two flight attendants reported serious injuries as a result. According to the boi results #1614/2-25-03 dfw/mia. The members of the boi concluded that the captain and the first officer took appropriate precautions to prevent injury to both passengers and crew. The crew had employed the weather radar to avoid any convective activity and had asked the flight attendants to prepare for landing much earlier than normal. While descending for landing the crew had slowed the aircraft prior to entering a light cloud deck and subsequently experienced one unexpected jolt of moderate turbulence/chop. Two flight attendants were severely as a result. The two flight attendants who were most severly injured, were not seated because they were still conducting compliance checks.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON FEBRUARY 25, 2003, ABOUT 1610 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BOEING 777-223, N790AN, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. (FLT. AA 1614), AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 121 SCHEDULED DOMESTIC FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHILE ON DESCENT TO MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA), MIAMI, FLORIDA. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT. ACCORDING TO THE BOI RESULTS #1614/2-25-03 DFW/MIA. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOI CONCLUDED THAT THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST OFFICER TOOK APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT INJURY TO BOTH PASSENGERS AND CREW. THE CREW HAD EMPLOYED THE WEATHER RADAR TO AVOID ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AND HAD ASKED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO PREPARE FOR LANDING MUCH EARLIER THAN NORMAL. WHILE DESCENDING FOR LANDING THE CREW HAD SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO ENTERING A LIGHT CLOUD DECK AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED ONE UNEXPECTED JOLT OF MODERATE TURBULENCE/CHOP. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE SEVERELY AS A RESULT. THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO WERE MOST SEVERLY INJURED, WERE NOT SEATED BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL CONDUCTING COMPLIANCE CHECKS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.