# Incident 20250429005889I: Bombardier CL-600-2D24, Bradford, PA, April 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2025, 18:15 local time
- Place: Bradford, PA
- Airport: Buffalo Niagara International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: NZAF
- Location: 41.9610° N, 78.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradford, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9610&lon=-78.6409&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FJZL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2D24
- People aboard: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250429005889I

## Narrative

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

"BRADFORD, PA: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRJ9, RDU-CYYZ, REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING TO CYYZ ARPT FOR ONE PASSENGER WHO HIT THEIR HEAD DUE TO TURBULENCE. ZOB ARTCC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BEFORE HANDING OFF THE FLIGHT TO TORONTO CENTER. DAMAGE: NOT REPORTED. 04/29/2025 2159Z"

CREW HAD TO PARALLEL A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST IN NORTHERN OH/PA HEADING FOR THE LINNG STAR.  AFTER GOING SLIGHTLY EAST WE HAD A “CLEAR LINE” WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS OVER 20 MILE GAP. CREW SWITCHED THE SEAT BELT SIGN ON AND FA’S WERE DIRECTED TO SUSPEND SERVICE AND SIT. CREW WAS IMC AT THE TIME.  SHORTLY AFTER CREW HAD AN EMERGENCY CALL FROM IN-FLIGHT.  FA'S  WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THERE WAS A 2 YEAR OLD THAT TOOK A TUMBLE.  SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED HITTING THEIR HEADS, JUST ONE REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.   CREW DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED TOWARD YYZ. AFTER LANDING EMS/AMBULANCE MEET THE FLIGHT AT THE GATE.

NONE OF THE FAMILY SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND TAKEN BY AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTION AND FURTHER WENT HOME SAME DAY. ALL MEMBERS WERE FINE AND THE FATHER HAD A MINOR CUT WHICH WAS TREATED.

•	AFTER DEPLANING, CREW CALLED OCM TO DISCUSS AND BROUGHT IN MOC AND DECIDED ON A SUSPECTED SEVERE TURBULENCE REPORT AND A SEVERE TURBULENCE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AND FDR DATA WAS PULLED.  A “THRESHOLD 1” EVENT WAS INDICATED AND SEVERE TURBULENCE INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT.CREW HAD A GOOD DEBRIEF.

•	MAINTENANCE COMPLETED THRESHOLD 1 INSPECTION PER DEFECT 1653330 WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR DEFECTS NOTED.

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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