Accident · 2007-12-25

NTSB case SEA08LA051 · Airbus Industrie A330-323 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2007-12-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A330-323 (N819NW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Probable cause

The failure of the two flight attendants in the aft galley to understand the lead flight attendant's instructions, which resulted in them not being seated when the flight encountered convectively induced severe turbulence. Contributing to the accident was the convectively induced turbulence.

Source: NTSB case SEA08LA051

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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