Incident · 1989-06-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 1989-06-06
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10 (N1848U)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- UNITED AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- UNITED AIRLINES
Probable cause
THE FAILURE OF SOME OF THE PASSENGERS TO FOLLOW THE CAPTAIN'S INSTRUCTIONS TO FASTEN THEIR LAP BELTS.
Source: NTSB case CHI89IA104Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.