Accident Airbus A300B4-203 VR-BNK,
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Date:Friday 28 January 1994
Time:14:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic A30B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A300B4-203
Owner/operator:Air Jamaica
Registration: VR-BNK
MSN: 247
Total airframe hrs:20782 hours
Engine model:GE CF6-50-C2
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 209
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:Ormond Beach, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Baltimore, MD (KBWI)
Destination airport:Montego Bay, OF
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT FL310 THE FLIGHT CREW ILLUMINATED THE SEAT BELT SIGN AND MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL PASSENGERS TO BE SEATED AND ATTACH THEIR SEAT BELTS. THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED ONE JOLT OF TURBULENCE AND A PASSENGER WHO WAS WALKING IN THE AISLE FELL AND FRACTURED HER LEG.

Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER TO FOLLOW THE VISUAL AND ORAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CREW TO BE SEATED AND FASTEN SEAT BELTS.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: MIA94LA061
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 9 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB MIA94LA061

History of this aircraft

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