Accident · 1995-01-06

NTSB case MIA95LA055 · McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1995-01-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (N981DL)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DELTA AIRLINES

Probable cause

an in-flight encounter with weather during a climb, resulting in an injury to a flight attendant who got out of her seat to perform a duty.

Source: NTSB case MIA95LA055

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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