# Accident 20150527011189A: Boeing B-777-236, Newark, NJ, May 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2015, 20:02 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BRAF
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: G-VIIY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-777-236
- People aboard: 201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 11,240 total, 7,200 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150527011189A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/28/2015 12:02 Z BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT 189 FROM LONDON GATWICK, UK, (EGKK), TO NEWARK, NJ, (KEWR) ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT PASSING THRU FL260, WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH HARTFORD CONNECTICUT. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO NEWARK, NJ (KEWR) AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

DURING THE TURBULENCE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED ANKLE AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURED WRIST WHEN, DURING THE TURBULENCE, THEY COLLIDED. THE PASSENGER REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHICH DETERMINED SHE HAD A FRACTURED ANKLE. SHE WAS THEN TREATED AND RELEASED.

COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE AFTER PERFORMING THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS.

## 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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