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| Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1998 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N618DL |
| MSN: | 22908/95 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 38719 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W 2037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 189 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orlando, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta, GA (KATL) |
| (KMCO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight encountered moderate turbulence, while in cruise flight. During the encounter, a coffee pot fell from a serving cart into the lap of a passenger. The top came off the pot, and hot coffee spilled on the passenger, causing injury.
Probable Cause: inadvertent encounter with turbulence, which resulted spillage of hot coffee in a passenger's lap.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA054
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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