# Incident 20030628022079I: Boeing 757232, Orlando, FL, June 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2003, 09:50 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6708D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6708D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 197
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,347 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030628022079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 28, 2003 DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 2571, ENROUTE FROM BOSTON TO ORLANDO, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE ON DESCENT INTO ORLANDO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CLEAR AIR WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT FOLLOWED ABRUPTLY BY A SEVERE UPDRAFT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED, AND SOME PASSENGERS REPORTED INJURIES ALSO.

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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