Accident · 2003-02-25

NTSB case MIA03LA067 · Boeing 777-223 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2003-02-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 777-223 (N790AN)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The flight crew's inadvertent encounter with turbulence while attempting to maneuver through an area of convective activity during descent.

Source: NTSB case MIA03LA067

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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