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| Date: | Wednesday 25 April 2007 |
| Time: | 19:35 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-3H4 |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
| Registration: | N648SW |
| MSN: | 27718/2893 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 33850 hours |
| Engine model: | CFM International CFM-56-3B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Plata, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL (BHM/KBHM) |
| Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was descending through a layer of broken clouds during approach for landing when it encountered turbulence. A flight attendant who was standing in the aft galley sustained a fractured ankle. The weather packet issued to the flight crew contained airmen's meteorological information which warned of moderate turbulence for altitudes below 12,000 feet in the accident location. The operator's procedures required the flight crew to brief the cabin crew prior to each flight regarding the forecast turbulence for the trip, but the injured flight attendant stated that the briefing did not contain any significant turbulence potential information, and that there were not any en route turbulence updates.
Probable Cause: An in-flight encounter with turbulence and the flight crew's failure to advise the cabin crew about potential forecast turbulence, as reported by the flight attendant.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC07LA105
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 2008 | N648SW | Southwest Airlines | 0 | Between Ontario,California and Las Vegas,Nevada | |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2024 08:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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