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Turbulence on Virgin Blue Scalds Passenger


What: Virgin Blue Airlines Flight DJ-853 Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VUE en route from Melbourne,VI to Sydney,NS (Australia)
Where: between Melbourne and Sydney,
When: Dec 24th 2008, 20 minutes before landing
Why: severe clear air turbulence about 50 minutes into the flight and 20 minutes prior to landing. The flight attendant was knocked off her feet and poured a pot of coffee into a 64 year old passenger’s lap. The flight attendant prevented the woman from undoing her seat belt, although the woman was treated by paramedics at the terminal

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