Incident Overview
Description
The flight was crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Paris France, to New York, New York. The flight crew had been briefed on the possibility of encountering clear air turbulence. The seat belt sign was turned on about 30 to 45 minutes prior to the encounter, and announcements were made in both French and English for the passengers to fasten their seat belts. An additional announcement was made about 10 minutes before the encounter. Meal service was taking place in the main cabin and the flight attendants were not seated. The airplane encountered clear air turbulence and several unsecured passengers and flight attendants were tossed about. In addition two seat belt fitting failed under the loads. Metallurgical examination of the failed fittings found intergranular failure. A check of additional fittings revealed specified metallurgy. Probable Cause: The injured passengers failure to follow the directions to fasten their seat belts, prior to an encounter with clear air turbulence.
Primary Cause
Failure to follow instructions regarding seat belt fastening prior to encountering clear air turbulence.Failure to follow instructions regarding seat belt fastening prior to encountering clear air turbulence.Share on:
