# Accident 20030806021379A: Airbus A340311, Houston, TX, August 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2003, 15:56 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: DLAF
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: DAIGK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A340311
- People aboard: 216
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,593 total, 4,093 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030806021379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE OVER NE ARKANSAS (ARG040030) AT FL 310 THE A-340-300 AIRBUS REPORTED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE CREW INITALLY DIVERTED TO LIT, BUT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO IAH AFTER PHYSICIAN(S) TREATING INJURED PERSONS IN THE PASSENGER CABIN TOLD THE THE CREW THAT THE INJURIES WERE NOT SERIOUS OR LIFE THREATENING. THE CREW CLIMBED BACK UP TO CRUISE ALTITUDE AND CONTINUED TO IAH, LANDING AT 1707 CDT. WRITTEN AND ORAL STATEMENTS FROM THE CREW AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS OF SEVERAL OF THE PASSENGERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING SHOWED THAT THE "FASTEN SEAT BELT" LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE SECURING FROM THE SECOND MEAL SERVICE. EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO CEILING PANELS, OVERHEAD PANELS, AND RECORDS OF THE INJURIES TO PASSENGERS SHOW THAT A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THE 244 PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THEIR SEAT BELTS FASTENED. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT SOME PASSENGERS' FAILURE TO FASTEN THEIR SEAT BELTS MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE SERIOUSNESS OF SEVERAL PASSENGERS' INJURIES. WRITTEN AND ORAL STATEMENTS FROM THE CABIN CREW SHOW THAT PERHAPS AS FEW AS TWO GALLEY CARTS (TROLLEYS) WERE STILL IN THE PASSENGER CABIN AISLES AND UNSECURED, AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER GALLEY CART (TROLLEY) WAS UNSECURED IN THE AFT GALLEY AREA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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