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| Date: | Tuesday 17 April 2001 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-251 |
| Owner/operator: | US Airways |
| Registration: | N253US |
| MSN: | 19972/662 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 51151 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
| Jacksonville International Airport, FL (JAX/KJAX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Approximately 12-15 minutes after takeoff during climb, flight 2686 experienced moderate turbulence. The seat belt sign was illuminated at the time. One of the flight attendants was thrown to the floor and received serious injuries during the encounter. According to the pilot, the flight crew was not informed of the 0736 pilot report of turbulence in the vicinity of the accident.
Probable Cause: The flight dispatcher failure to provide the flight crew with current in-flight turbulence information that resulted in the in-flight encounter with turbulence during climb. A factor was the pilots failure to obtain adequate weather information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL01LA049
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 11:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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