What happened
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On April 23, 2011 shuttle america flight 7619, ERJ170, ord-ewr, declared an emergency, and diverted to dtw due to encountering severe turbulence over carleton, Michigan, at FL330. Two flight attendants received minor injuries while in the process of performing their duties in the cabin, and were taken to the emergency room upon arrival into dtw. The flight was IMC at the time, and had been diverting around thunderstorms when they encountered the turbulence. The pilot's stated they were not showing any weather on the radar at the time of the encounter, and there were no reports of severe turbulence in any of the forecasts. All crewmembers reported the captain had informed them of the possibility of turbulence, and they were told to remain seated until they became informed otherwise. One of the flight attendant's stated "because the flight deck doesn't always call back to tell them otherwise", they used their own discretion to get up when the turbulence appeared to dissipate.
As the FAA filed it
ON APRIL 23, 2011 SHUTTLE AMERICA FLIGHT 7619, ERJ170, ORD-EWR, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND DIVERTED TO DTW DUE TO ENCOUNTERING SEVERE TURBULENCE OVER CARLETON, MICHIGAN, AT FL330. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES IN THE CABIN, AND WERE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM UPON ARRIVAL INTO DTW.THE FLIGHT WAS IMC AT THE TIME, AND HAD BEEN DIVERTING AROUND THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED THE TURBULENCE. THE PILOT'S STATED THEY WERE NOT SHOWING ANY WEATHER ON THE RADAR AT THE TIME OF THE ENCOUNTER, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE IN ANY OF THE FORECASTS.ALL CREWMEMBERS REPORTED THE CAPTAIN HAD INFORMED THEM OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TURBULENCE, AND THEY WERE TOLD TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THEY BECAME INFORMED OTHERWISE.ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S STATED "BECAUSE THE FLIGHT DECK DOESN'T ALWAYS CALL BACK TO TELL THEM OTHERWISE", THEY USED THEIR OWN DISCRETION TO GET UP WHEN THE TURBULENCE APPEARED TO DISSIPATE.
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