Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 4 July 2006
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-81
Owner/operator: Japan Air Lines
Registration Number: JA8499
Location: Hamada-city, Shimane prefectur –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 152
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and potentially the aircraft’s control system.Aircraft structure and potentially the aircraft’s control system.
Category: Accident
An IFR descent to Fukuoka Airport was interrupted by turbulence at FL 240. A passenger, an elderly 76-year-old individual, sustained serious injuries, including a fracture of the fibula, due to the turbulence.An IFR descent to Fukuoka Airport was interrupted by turbulence at FL 240. A passenger, an elderly 76-year-old individual, sustained serious injuries, including a fracture of the fibula, due to the turbulence.
Description
Descending to Fukuoka a/p by IFR, when aircraft encountered turbulence at FL 240. One pax (76 years old) was seriously injured, fracturing the fibula.
Primary Cause
Turbulence at FL 240.Turbulence at FL 240.Share on:
