SunExpress Deutschland B738 at Frankfurt on Jul 5th 2012, turbulence injures flight attendant
Last Update: October 12, 2012 / 15:39:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 5, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
Sunexpress Deutschland
Flight number
XG-1620
Departure
Gaziantep, Turkey
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Germany's BFU reported in their monthly bulletin that the flight attendant received serious injuries as result of turbulence during the descent towards Frankfurt.
In a separately released final report in German, that the BFU concluded without conclusion, the BFU stated that the flight crew in anticipation of expected turbulence had turned the fasten seat belt signs on, the flight attendants were checking whether the passengers had fastened their seat belts and were moving towards their seats, when the aircraft descended through FL200 near Nuremberg (Germany) and encountered two jolts with the second producing a vertical acceleration of -0.15G. A flight attendant, who had just sat down at the seat near the right hand aft door at the aft galley but had not yet secured her seat belt, lifted off the seat, the seat retracted, and the flight attendant fell to the floor receiving a fracture of her right thigh. Other flight attendants provided first aid and secured the injured collegue.
In the area of Nuremberg there were isolated thunderstorm cells with strong up- and downdrafts spanning from FL050 to FL380. The airport of Nuremberg had issued a SIGMET warning of isolated thunderstorms, winds gusting to 30 knots and hail between 09:30Z and 12:00Z.
Metars Frankfurt:
EDDF 051220Z 10004KT 080V160 9999 SCT035 FEW040CB SCT300 27/18 Q1009 NOSIG=
EDDF 051150Z 07006KT 040V140 9999 SCT034 FEW040CB SCT300 27/18 Q1010 NOSIG=
EDDF 051120Z 09006KT 9999 SCT032 FEW036CB SCT300 26/18 Q1010 NOSIG=
EDDF 051050Z 06008KT 9999 SCT030 FEW035CB SCT280 26/19 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDF 051020Z 08007KT 9999 FEW027 FEW030CB SCT280 25/18 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDF 050950Z 07008KT 9999 FEW025 FEW030CB SCT280 25/17 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDF 050920Z 07009KT 9999 FEW025 SCT280 25/19 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDF 050850Z 08006KT 9999 FEW022 SCT280 25/19 Q1011 NOSIG=
Metars Nuremberg:
EDDN 051320Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW012 FEW030CB 20/17 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDN 051250Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW010 FEW030CB SCT120 19/17 Q1011 RETS NOSIG=
EDDN 051220Z 03007KT 9999 -TSRA FEW015 SCT030CB BKN090 18/17 Q1012 RERA BECMG NSW=
EDDN 051150Z 11010KT 9999 -TSRA FEW015 SCT025CB BKN050 22/18 Q1011 TEMPO 20015G25KT=
EDDN 051120Z 25008KT 210V270 9999 TS VCSH SCT020CB BKN250 25/18 Q1011 TEMPO 20020G30KT 2000 +TSRA=
EDDN 051050Z VRB03KT 9999 VCTS FEW020CB FEW030TCU SCT250 25/18 Q1011 TEMPO 20020G30KT 2000 TSRA=
EDDN 051020Z 18004KT 9999 SCT028 SCT300 26/19 Q1011 TEMPO 20020G30KT 2000 TSRA BKN025CB=
EDDN 050950Z 15004KT 130V190 9999 SCT023 SCT300 25/19 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDN 050920Z 13004KT 080V160 9999 SCT017 SCT300 24/20 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDN 050850Z 11006KT 9999 SCT013 SCT300 23/20 Q1011 NOSIG=
EDDN 050820Z 10006KT 9999 SCT010 SCT070 22/20 Q1011 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 5, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
Sunexpress Deutschland
Flight number
XG-1620
Departure
Gaziantep, Turkey
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ASXE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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