# Incident 20140818013179I: Airbus A319-132, Des Plaines, IL, August 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2014, 20:47 local time
- Place: Des Plaines, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 42.0340° N, 87.9011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Plaines, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0340&lon=-87.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515NK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515NK-2024-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-132 (registry code 3940015, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2524-A5 (registry code 34608, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2524-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319-132
- Reported engine: IAE V2524-A5
- People aboard: 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140818013179I

## Narrative

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

SPIRIT AIRLINES FLIGHT #457 ON 8/18/14 EXPERIENCED WHAT THE CAPTAIN DESCRIBED AS "SEVERE TURBULENCE" 60 NM SOUTH OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INFORMED THE CAPTAIN THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN THE CABIN AND WERE, "THROWN AROUND" BUT THAT THEY WERE GOOD TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY 55 MINUTES BEFORE LANDING IN ORD THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INFORMED THE CAPTAIN THAT THEY WOULD LIKE EMT (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS) TO MEET THEM AT THE GATE TO ASSESS THEIR CONDITION.  ALL 3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND WERE RELEASED A FEW HOURS LATER WITH BRUISES AND STRAINS.  THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES AND NO FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

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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