American B772 at Dallas on Mar 15th 2021, turbulence injures flight attendant
Last Update: April 8, 2021 / 19:55:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 15, 2021
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-1601
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N789AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE ON FINAL, DALLAS, TX." however provided a time stamp of 18:24Z at which time the aircraft had been enroute at FL380 over the Gulf of Mexico about 260nm northwest of Cancun. The aircraft initiated a climb to FL400 about two minutes later. A flight attendant received a serious injury, the occurrence was rated an accident.
On Apr 8th 2021 the NTSB reported there had been one serious injury amongst the crew. The occurrence was rated an accident and is being investigated by the NTSB.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 15, 2021
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-1601
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N789AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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