CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; DEN-DFW. SEVERE TURB ON APCH AND LNDG AT DFW. 3 CABIN ATTENDANTS INJURED. CAPT UNAWARE OF HOW VIOLENT TURB WAS IN AFT OF PLANE.
Synopsis
CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; DEN-DFW. SEVERE TURB ON APCH AND LNDG AT DFW. 3 CABIN ATTENDANTS INJURED. CAPT UNAWARE OF HOW VIOLENT TURB WAS IN AFT OF PLANE.
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I WAS FLT ATTENDANT #4 ON THAT FLT (XX; DEN-DFW). THERE WERE 4 FLT ATTENDANTS ONBOARD. WE HAD JUST DONE COMPLIANCE (SEAT BELT) CHK AND WERE IN THE TAIL (AFT) OF THE PLANE. IT STARTED GETTING VERY TURBULENT. WE WERE DSNDING TO LAND IN DFW. FLT ATTENDANT #3 WAS SITTING ON THE JUMP SEAT IN THE AFT. I SAT NEXT TO HER QUICKLY ON HER L. SHE STARTED PUTTING HER SEAT BELT ON. I MOVED ON THE SIDE; SO SHE COULD PULL THE BELT. RIGHT THEN; WE ALL (FLT ATTENDANTS) GOT THROWN UP. I LANDED ON MY R ARM AND HEAD. THEN MY BUTT LANDED ON THE FLOOR. FLT ATTENDANT #3 GOT WEDGED IN BTWN THE AFT DOOR AND THE R AFT LAVATORY DOOR. THE ONLY THING I COULD GET A HOLD OF WAS FLT ATTENDANT #3'S LEGS. FLT ATTENDANT #2 WAS SITTING IN THE AISLE AT SEAT (ROW X). SHE FELL ON HER KNEE AND BUMPED IT HARD ON A SEAT. SODA CANS AND EVERYTHING IN THE GALLEY WENT FLYING IN THE AIR. I CALLED FLT ATTENDANT #1 ON INTERCOM. SHE WAS IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY. SHE SAID THAT HER GALLEY WAS A MESS TOO. JUST ABOUT THAT TIME; THE CAPT SAID TO PREPARE FOR LNDG. THE WHOLE TIME IT WAS TURBULENT (LNDG). I FLEW A TRIP NEXT DAY AND THEN WENT TO SEE AN AIRLINE DOCTOR AT ARPT AT APPROX XB40. MY R SHOULDER AND HAND WERE PULLED. THE CAPT ON THAT FLT DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE CABIN. TO HIM; THAT WAS NOT TURB. HE DID NOT CALL BACK TO SEE IF THE CREW WAS OK. THANK GOD THAT WE HAD CHKED SEAT BELTS AND EVERYBODY (PAX) WAS SEAT BELTED. OTHERWISE; THE PICTURE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE PLTS WOULD HAVE TOLD US TO TAKE SEATS QUICKLY AFTER SVC; UPON DSNDING. THE DSNDING AND LNDG IN DFW WAS TURBULENT. PAX WITNESSED THE WHOLE SIT. THEY SAW THAT THE CREW HAD FALLEN TO FLOOR. THEY WERE NERVOUS AND SCARED; SO THEY JUST STARED AT US FOR THE REST OF THE FLT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.