Accident · 2001-11-30

NTSB case CHI02LA043 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2001-11-30
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (N488AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The turbulence encountered in-flight and the passenger not complying with the flight and cabin crew’s warning of the turbulance.

Source: NTSB case CHI02LA043

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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