Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MIA84FA146

MIAMI, FL, USA

Aircraft #1

N940JW

DOUGLAS DC-8-63

Analysis

THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED INFLIGHT TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING INTO MIAMI. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. A FLT ATTENDANT & TWO PAX WERE TREATED & RELEASE. ONE PAX REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 12 DAYS DUE TO BACK INJURIES. THE FLT ATTENDANTS INDICATED THAT ALL PAX HAD THEIR SEAT BELTS ON. THE INJURED PAX STATED HE WAS PULLED BACK DOWN BY HIS SEAT BELT AFTER IMPACTING THE OVERHEAD. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON. THE AREA NORTH & SOUTH OF MIAMI ARPT WAS EXPERIENCING PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 40,000 FT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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