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Crew Injured in Turbulent Approach to Oakland


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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from Albuquerque,NM to Oakland,CA
Where: Oakland
When: Dec 1st 2011
Who: 95 passengers and 5 crew
Why: On approach to Oakland, the plane flew through ten seconds of turbulence that injured the cabin crew.

The pilots made a safe landing half an hour later, after which two members of the crew were hospitalized.

In George’s Point of View


Given the time and place, we might be able to chalk this one up to the Santa Ana Winds.

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    ALOHA AIRLINES Flight 243

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    NTSB Identification: DCA88MA054.
    The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 35379.
    Scheduled 14 CFR ALOHA AIRLINES, INC.
    Accident occurred Thursday, April 28, 1988 in MAUI, HI
    Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/25/1990
    Aircraft: BOEING 737-297, registration: N73711
    Injuries: 1 Fatal,7 Serious,57 Minor,30 Uninjured.
    NTSB investigators traveled in support of this investigation and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
    The Safety Board’s full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-89/03. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm

    FLT 243 EXPERIENCED AN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION AND STRUCTURAL FAILURE AT FL240 WHILE ENROUTE FROM HILO, HI, TO HONOLULU, HI. APRX 18 FT OF CABIN SKIN AND STRUCTURE AFT OF THE CABIN ENTRANCE DOOR AND ABOVE THE PASSENGER FLOORLINE SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. ONE FLT ATTENDANT WHO WAS STANDING IN THE AISLE WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD. THE FLT DIVERTED TO MAUI AND A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED DISBONDING AND FATIGUE DAMAGE WHICH LED TO THE FAILURE OF THE LAP JOINT AT S-10L AND THE SEPARATION OF THE FUSELAGE UPPER SKIN BETWEEN STATIONS 360 AND 540. (SEE NTSB/AAR-89/03)

    The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

    FUSELAGE,ATTACHMENT..FATIGUE

    The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

    FUSELAGE,ATTACHMENT..SEPARATION

    Contributing Factors

    MAINTENANCE,INSPECTION..IMPROPER..COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL

    Contributing Factors

    SUPERVISION..INADEQUATE..COMPANY/OPERATOR MANAGEMENT

    Contributing Factors

    INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF OPERATION..FAA(ORGANIZATION)

    Contributing Factors

    ACFT/EQUIP,INADEQUATE AIRFRAME..MANUFACTURER

    Pdf of official report http://bit.ly/16kpbVy

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