Jetblue A321 near Bermuda on Jul 28th 2016, clear air turbulence lets hot water fly and results in serious injury

Last Update: January 24, 2017 / 14:51:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2016

Classification
Report

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1561

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Bridgetown, Barbados

Aircraft Registration
N913JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Jetblue Airbus A321-200, registration N913JB performing flight B6-1561 (dep Jul 27th) from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Bridgetown (Barbados), was enroute near Bermuda (Bermuda) when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing a serious injury to one of the flight attendants. The flight crew decided to divert to San Juan (Puerto Rico) for a safe landing, where the flight attendant was taken to a hospital.

The NTSB released their final report concluding the probable cause of the accident was:

an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.

The NTSB wrote:

According to the operator, aircraft encountered turbulence during cruise while the flight attendant (FA) at position #4 was carrying a pot of hot water from the aft galley towards one of the aft lavatories. The FA stated that she held on to the galley counter with her right hand and swung the coffee pot in her left towards the jumpseat away from another flight attendant. She stated that the aircraft experienced another sudden drop and the water in the pot flew up in the air and landed on her left shoulder and left side resulting in second-degree burns.

The flight crew indicated that at the time of the event the weather conditions were mostly clear, but had encountered short segments of instrument weather conditions as forecasted with no associated turbulence or precipitation. They indicated that they had been actively using the onboard weather radar, but there were no returns that led to deviations. The first officer stated that the turbulence was sudden, with no other associated rain or precipitation and then immediately calm again, so no actions were taken.

The operator indicated that the flight data from the Quick Access Recorder (QAR) showed smooth conditions prior to the turbulence encounter.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2016

Classification
Report

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1561

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Bridgetown, Barbados

Aircraft Registration
N913JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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