British Airways A320 near Budapest on Jul 27th 2014, severe turbulence injures 4
Last Update: July 28, 2014 / 21:40:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-866
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Budapest, Hungary
Aircraft Registration
G-EUYJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport ICAO Code
LHBP
During descent the aircraft had experienced severe turbulence causing injuries to two cabin crew and two passengers, the fasten seat belt had been turned on about 2 minutes earlier.
Metars:
LHBP 271200Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW036CB BKN040 24/19 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 271130Z 36005KT 9999 SCT034CB BKN042 21/19 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 271100Z 01007G18KT 4000 -TSRA SCT007 BKN025CB 20/20 Q1014 RETSRA NOSIG
LHBP 271030Z 12008KT 080V160 9999 -TSRA FEW025CB BKN034 26/19 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 271000Z 10009KT 9999 SCT028 BKN036 26/19 Q1014 NOSIG
LHBP 270930Z 10007KT 060V140 9999 BKN027 BKN200 25/19 Q1014 NOSIG
LHBP 270900Z 09009KT 9999 SCT026 BKN200 25/19 Q1014 NOSIG
LHBP 270830Z 11010KT 080V140 9999 SCT024 BKN200 25/19 Q1014 NOSIG
LHBP 270800Z 06006KT 030V130 9999 FEW023 SCT080 BKN200 25/19 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 270730Z 03006KT 340V060 CAVOK 24/18 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 270700Z 03006KT 360V060 CAVOK 24/18 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 270630Z 05006KT 360V090 CAVOK 22/17 Q1013 NOSIG
LHBP 270600Z 06005KT 360V130 CAVOK 22/17 Q1013 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2014
Classification
Accident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-866
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Budapest, Hungary
Aircraft Registration
G-EUYJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport ICAO Code
LHBP
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