11 people are hurt on a Hawaii flight
The FAA Flight 91 December Flight Planned for Airborne Turbulence and Its Failure to Induce Critical Injures
Turbulence is unstable air in the atmosphere, which continues to be a cause for injury for airline passengers despite safety improvements. But deaths from turbulence are extremely rare. There were 30 injures, but no deaths, from 2009 to 2020, the FAA said in December.
Jon Snook, the airline’s chief operating officer, said the airline hasn’t experienced “an incident of this nature in recent history.” The flight was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members, he said during an afternoon news conference.
Ireland said 36 people received treatment, including those with nausea or minor injuries. He said 20 people were taken to hospitals, including 11 people deemed to be in serious condition.
We feel fortunate that there were no deaths or critical injuries. Ireland said that they’re hoping that all will recover and make a full recovery.
Investigation of an Airbus A330-200 passenger’s 19th birthday after a high-energy turbulence encounter with its cabin paneling
When the turbulence hit, the passenger’s mother was not given a chance to put on her safety belt.
Snook said he could only speculate whether some passengers hit their heads, but that was likely based on the injuries and the damage to cabin paneling.
Thomas Vaughan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu, said there had been a weather advisory for thunderstorms that included Oahu and areas that would have included the flight path at the time of the incident.
The turbulence was dangerous because of the weather forecast and unstable conditions, but the airline had no idea how bad it would get.
He said that the plane lost altitude during the turbulence and that it would be part of an investigation. The plane’s flight data recorder would provide those details, he said.
The Airbus A330-200 began its descent immediately after the turbulence and crew declared an emergency due to the number of injuries on board, he said. The flight was given priority to land.
The investigation will examine what other measures were taken, aside from turning on the fasten seatbelt sign, to ensure passengers were buckled in, he said.
An airline passenger who served two presidential administrations died when his plane encountered turbulence, officials said Monday.
The FAA instructed pilots of the same model of Bombardier aircraft to take extra precautions before departure after trimming problems had been reported.
There is more information the investigators will get after they analyze the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.
A New Jersey Flight Simulator: An In-flight Accident in the Bombardier BD-100-1A10 Jet, Informed by a Newly-Regulated Aircraft Detector
The Bombardier executive jet was traveling from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, before diverting to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut. There are four people aboard, two crew members and three passengers.
Connecticut State Police said that a person named Dana Hyde of Cabin John, Maryland, died at a hospital in Connecticut. The chief medical examiner’s office found that she died from blunt-force injuries.
The jet’s owner, Conexon, based in Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed in an email that Hyde was the wife of a company partner, Jonathan Chambers, who was also on the plane with his son. The company said that neither father nor son were hurt.
During her career in D.C., she was employed as a staff member for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the US and served as counsel for the 9/11 Commission.
She served as a special assistant to the president for cabinet affairs and a special assistant to the deputy U.S. attorney general during President Bill Clinton’s administration, and as a senior policy adviser at the State Department and associate director at the Office of Management and Budget during President Barack Obama’s administration, the LinkedIn site indicates.
The FAA issued its air directive last year after multiple instances in which the horizontal stabilizer on the Bombardier BD-100-1A10 caused the nose of the plane to turn down after the pilot tried to make the aircraft climb.
The directive called for expanded pre-flight checks and revised cockpit procedures to be used under certain circumstances on an estimated 622 aircraft registered in the US.
Bombardier, the Canadian manufacturer of the jet, said in a statement that it cannot comment on the potential cause of the in-flight problem but extended its “deepest sympathies to all those affected by this accident.”
“Our aircraft are designed to be robust and reliable in line with Transport Canada and all international airworthiness standards,” the company said.