Southwest B737 near Buffalo on Apr 21st 2016, turbulence injures two flight attendants

Last Update: April 22, 2016 / 15:30:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2016

Classification
Accident

Flight number
WN-2386

Aircraft Registration
N552WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Boeing 737-700, registration N552WN performing flight WN-2386 from Chicago Midway,IL to Boston,MA (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 40nm southsoutheast of Buffalo,NY (USA) when the aircraft experienced turbulence causing injuries to two cabin crew. The flight crew decided to divert the aircraft to Buffalo for a safe landing on runway 23 about 20 minutes later.

The FAA reported the severity of injuries to both cabin crew (in the textual narrative reported as flight crew) is not yet known.

A replacement Boeing 737-700 registration N785SW reached Boston with a delay of 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Buffalo for about 12 hours, then resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2016

Classification
Accident

Flight number
WN-2386

Aircraft Registration
N552WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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