Mesa E175 near Colorado Springs on Sep 11th 2019, turbulence causes injuries

Last Update: September 13, 2019 / 20:26:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2019

Classification
Accident

Cause
Turbulence

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6171

Departure
Salt Lake City, United States

Destination
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Aircraft Registration
N86350

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

A Mesa Airlines Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of United, registration N86350 performing flight UA-6171 from Salt Lake City,UT to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), was enroute at FL350 about 140nm west of Colorado Springs,CO (USA) when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing injuries to two flight attendants and a passenger. The crew decided to divert to Colorado Springs, where the aircraft landed safely about 35 minutes later.

One of the flight attendants was taken to a hospital, the other flight attendant and passenger received medical assistance at the airport.

The occurrence aircraft was able to continue the flight after about 4 hours on the ground and reached Houston with a delay of 4 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2019

Classification
Accident

Cause
Turbulence

Airline
Mesa Airlines

Flight number
UA-6171

Departure
Salt Lake City, United States

Destination
Houston Intercontinental, United States

Aircraft Registration
N86350

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

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