Incident Overview

Description
All Nippon Airways flight 610, a Boeing 767-381, was flying at 25,000 ft, 27 nm east-southeast of Kushimoto when the aircraft encountered turbulence and one cabin attendant was seriously injured in front of the left aft lavatory. Four other people consisting of passengers and cabin attendants were slightly injured. Probable Causes It is highly probable that the accident occurred as follows: The aircraft encountered atmospheric disturbance all of a sudden during flight, and was shaken so severely that one of the cabin attendants in the aft section of the aircraft was seriously injured after she was thrown up in the air and fell on the floor. It is possible that the atmospheric disturbance the aircraft encountered were CAT which was created locally and temporarily by a wind shear in the vicinity of frontal zone beneath a jet stream.
Primary Cause
Sudden atmospheric disturbance, possibly originating from a wind shear within a jet stream zone, caused by the aircraft’s motion.Sudden atmospheric disturbance, possibly originating from a wind shear within a jet stream zone, caused by the aircraft’s motion.Share on: