Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DCA19CA090

Pacific Ocean, PO, USA

Aircraft #1

N26909

Boeing 787

Analysis

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 and Findings

an inadvertent slip and fall that resulted in a serious injury.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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