# Incident 20140116000729I: Boeing 777-224, Newark, NJ, January 16, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2014, 15:43 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78017, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78017) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-224 (registry code 1385225, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GE90-90B (registry code 30036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ge90-90b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-224
- Reported engine: GE GE90-90B
- People aboard: 199
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,311 total, 9,673 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140116000729I

## Narrative

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

UNITED FLIGHT 89 DEPARTED NEWARK, NJ (EWR) FOR BEIJING, CHINA (PEK). THE CAPTAIN'S PAPERWORK INDICATED TURBULENCE DUE TO A STRONG JET STREAM. THE DISPATCHER'S REMARKS ALSO INDICATED TURBULENCE ENROUTE. THE CAPTAIN BRIEFED THE TURBULENCE TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND INSTRUCTED THEM TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL INSTRUCTED. THE TAKE-OFF AND CLIMB WERE NORMAL WITH ONLY LIGHT TURBULENCE. ATC ADVISED THE FLIGHT THAT ONLY LIGHT TURBULENCE WAS REPORTED THROUGH CLIMB TO FL330. REACHING FL330, ATC AGAIN ADVISED THAT ONLY LIGHT CHOP WAS REPORTED AT FL330. THE CAPTAIN NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TELLING THEM IT WOULD BE SAFE TO START THEIR SERVICE. THE CAPTAIN ALSO MADE A PA ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PASSENGERS TO REMAIN SEATED AND THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON. SHORTLY AFTER THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BEGAN THEIR SERVICE (LEVEL AT FL330), FLIGHT 89 EXPERIENCED TWO VIOLENT BURSTS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE. SEVERAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED. NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO NEWARK, NJ (EWR). MEDICAL PERSONNEL MET THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GATE. FIVE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES AT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.

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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