# Incident 20200201007519I: Boeing B737-8Q8, Jamaica, NY, February 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2020, 12:13 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: TTAF
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: 9Y-JMC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B737-8Q8
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200201007519I

## Narrative

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

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES FLIGHT BWA524, TRAVELLING FROM PORT OF SPAIN'S PIARCO AIRPORT (POS) TO NEW YORK'S JOHN

F. KENNEDY AIRPORT (JFK) WAS APPROXIMATELY 261NM EAST OF NORFOLK, VA WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE

TURBULENCE AT FL 360. THE EVENT LASTED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE DURING WHICH TIME A FLIGHT ATTENDANT  SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY.

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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