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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Baltimore, MD · March 10, 2007

Date: March 10, 2007 · 15:43 local
Place: Baltimore, MD
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AWXA
Aircraft: N649AW
Reported as: Airbus A320232
Fatal injuries: 0

N649AWRegistered now · Airbus Industrie A320-232S/N 803 · Built 1998 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A320-232 Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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) A passenger privacy data omitted struck a flight attendant when he was directed to fasten his seat belt. The incident soon escalated and the passenger swung a closed fist at an assisting flight attendant, hitting him in the right eye. The passenger was subdued and restrained with the help of other passengers. He was bound and then strapped into his seat for landing. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ STRUCK A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHEN HE WAS DIRECTED TO FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT. THE INCIDENT SOON ESCALATED AND THE PASSENGER SWUNG A CLOSED FIST AT AN ASSISTING FLIGHT ATTENDANT, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. THE PASSENGER WAS SUBDUED AND RESTRAINED WITH THE HELP OF OTHER PASSENGERS. HE WAS BOUND AND THEN STRAPPED INTO HIS SEAT FOR LANDING. ^PRIVACY DAT^