Accident · 1997-04-28

NTSB case ATL97LA064 · Boeing 737-200 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-04-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 (N14245)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The failure of the flight crew to alert the cabin crew to the possibility of turbulence, leading to a serious injury when severe turbulence was encountered..

Source: NTSB case ATL97LA064

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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