American A321 near Port of Spain on Aug 2nd 2017, "little bit of turbulence" injures a few passengers

Last Update: August 5, 2017 / 23:47:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 2, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2713

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Aircraft Registration
N996AN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N996AN performing flight AA-2713 from Miami,FL (USA) to Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), was enroute at FL330 about to reach the top of descent into Port of Spain when the crew requested medical assistance meet the aircraft upon arrival advising "a little bit of turbulence" had injured a few passengers, about 10 people would need medical attention. The aircraft started the descent into Port of Spain about 6 minutes later and landed safely on Port of Spain's runway 10 about 30 minutes later. 3 passengers were taken to hospitals, 2 of them discharged a short time later, one passenger remained in hospital. A number of passengers were treated at the airport for minor injuries.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 18 hours and departed for the return flight the following afternoon around 15:16L with a delay of 8:16 hours.

Passengers reported the aircraft encountered turbulence about one hour prior to arrival in Port of Spain. The aircraft suffered a number of jolts throwing passengers against the cabin ceiling and back onto the floor, even passengers with seat belts closed were bumped against the overhead lockers.

Radar data suggest the aircraft encountered the turbulence at about about 20:25L (00:25Z Aug 3rd), when the aircraft encountered an altitude deviation up to FL331 about 100nm south of San Juan (Puerto Rico).
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 2, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2713

Departure
Miami, United States

Destination
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Aircraft Registration
N996AN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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