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| Date: | Sunday 3 February 2019 |
| Time: | 03:10 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N26909 |
| MSN: | 34827/135 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 221 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
| Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (ZUUU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On February 3, 2019, about 0110 UTC, United Airlines flight 9, N26909, a Boeing 787-800, was enroute to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu, China (ZUUU) over the Gulf of Alaska when a flight attendant slipped and fell and sustained a serious injury. The remaining 13 crew and 207 passengers were not injured. The airplane was not damaged. The regularly scheduled international passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 from San Francisco International Airport (KSFO), San Francisco, California.
According to the flight crew, the flight attendant lost her grip on the handrail while climbing the stairs to the crew rest area and fell down the stairs. After arrival the flight attendant went to a medical center and was diagnosed with a broken tibia.
Probable Cause: an inadvertent slip and fall that resulted in a serious injury.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DCA19CA090
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