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| Title: | Turbulence injuries, Air France, Boeing 707-B-328B, F-BLCA, Near O-Neill, Nebraska, May 13, 1974 |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 703-328B experienced severe turbulence in cruise, injuring several people, two seriously. |
| Event Time: | 1974-05-13 at 0236 CDT |
| File Name: | 1974-05-13-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-75-4 |
| Pages: | 19 |
| Site of event: | Cruise, FL330, O'Neill, Nebraska |
| Departure: | Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Destination: | Orly Airport, Paris, France |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 707-328B |
| Flight Phase: | Cruise |
| Registration(s): | F-BLCA |
| Operator(s): | Air France |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 111 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 15 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 96 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | About 2: 36 a.m. CDT on May 13, 1974, Air France Flight 004, a Boeing 707-B-328B, "entered an area of light turbulence near O'Neill, Nebraska. About 3 to 5 minutes later, the flight encountered moderate to severe turbulence, which lasted about 4 112 minutes. During the turbulence, 2 passengers were injured seriously and 11 were injured slightly. Two flight attendants were injured, one seriously. The captain went to the cabin to see the injured passengers and discussed the injuries with a passenger who was a doctor. The captain decided to continue to Paris, France, and landed the aircraft at Orly Airport, Paris, almost 7 hours after the in-flight turbulence encounter. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the operation of the aircraft in an area of very strong thunderstorm activity which should have been easily detectable and which resulted in serious injuries to passengers oecause of the failure of the captain to warn the passengers and to turn on the "fasten seatbelt" sign. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Turbulence |
| Consequence - Flight Attendant Fatality - Injury |
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