Flight attendant steps on own foot, injures herself

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Flight attendant steps on own foot, injures herself:

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

On April 25, 2011, about 1625 eastern daylight time, an Airbus 330-323, N807NW, had a flight attendant injured during pushback at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK), New York, New York. The airplane had 11 crewmembers and 265 passengers; 1 flight attendant sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, Delta Airlines under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 for the international scheduled air carrier flight. The flight was destined for Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV), Spata, Greece. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed.

According to the captain of the flight, the pushback was uneventful and "very smooth" and that sentiment was shared by the other crew members. According to the injured flight attendant, she was had placed her right foot too close to her left foot, she stepped on her right foot and lost her balance. She attempted to stabilize herself; however, she fell and broke her left femur.

PERSONNEL INFORMATION

According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and operator records, the captain, age 58, had 17,641 total hours of flight experience and 445 total hours of flight experience as pilot-in-command of the accident aircraft make and model. He held an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate and a first class medical certificate that was issued January 19, 2011. His most recent CFR Part 121 checkride was conducted April 6, 2011.

The First Officer, age 50, had 12,748 total hours of flight experience and 1,134 hours in the accident airplane make and model. He held an ATP certificate and a first class medical certificate that was issued December 10, 2010. His most recent CFR Part 121 checkride was conducted July 25, 2010.

AIRPLANE INFORMATION

According to FAA and operator records, the airplane was issued an airworthiness certificate on July 7, 2004. The airplane's most recent continuous airworthiness inspection was dated on April 19, 2011. At the time of the inspection, the reported aircraft total time was 31,618 hours of time in service. The airplane was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney PW4168A turbofan engines. According to the operator, there was no mechanical malfunction or abnormalities with the airplane.

METEROLOGICAL INFORMATION

The 1651 recorded weather observation at JFK, included wind from 150 degrees at 6 knots, visibility 9 miles, few clouds at 1,200 feet above ground level (agl), scattered clouds at 13,000 and 25,000 feet agl, temperature 17 degrees C, dew point 14 degrees C; barometric altimeter 30.01 inches of mercury.

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[MQAAord]

Wow, and I thought *I* was the queen of klutzy self-injury!

I may have stabbed myself in the hands with my kitchen knives more times than I like to admit to, but at least I've never broken a bone stepping on my own foot...

 

[MikeD]

These things happen.

 

[Krystal]

We need a "headshake" smilie

 

[smack300]

Good thing they put the weather in there or I would of thought she stepped on her own foot by her own free will.

 

[Phantom017]

Its obvious she was stepping on her own foot to make the voices stop yelling at her in her head DUH!!!

 

[JLF]

Ouch! That had to be quite a scene.

 

[Houston]

I may have stabbed myself in the hands with my kitchen knives more times than I like to admit to, but at least I've never broken a bone stepping on my own foot...

I asked a friend who was working as an emergency room doctor what safety advice he would give based upon what he saw. Right away he answered "wear your seat belt". Okay, I agree, but give me more insight into what might be causing a lot of injuries that isn't so obvious. He answer was glasses (drinking glasses) and kitchen knives. Glasses that break in the sink and kitchen knives that are being used to do things like cut through a package of frozen food.

 

[Bud01]

NTSB final ruling was that the Captain was at fault.

 

[dasleben]

NTSB final ruling was that the Captain was at fault.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.
The flight attendant's inadvertent fall, which resulted in a serious injury.

 

[pullup]

Delta? Clearly this was a case of osteoporosis.

 

[Bud01]

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.
The flight attendant's inadvertent fall, which resulted in a serious injury.

there i edited my post.

 

[HVYMETALDRVR]

I suppose if your a Cpt or FO at Delta your in pretty good shape in terms of your career, but this would be interesting if you were in an interview for another carrier and they ask "have you ever been in an accident or incident as defined by the NTSB?" We'll there was this one time...

Also the detailed description of the VFR wx is cute too!

 

[cmill]

Those orthopedic shoes can do some serious damage.

 

[Skåning]

Sounds like she needs Life Alert!

 

[TurdBird]

Well obviously 17,000 hours of flight time is just not enough experience to avoid things like this. Low time losers...

 

[cmhumphr]

Face...palm.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

If I can make it to 58 years old and manage to have only flown 17,000 hours, then I'll consider my career to have been a great success, broken stew femur or not.

 

[derg]

He didn't say the winds, HE DIDN'T SAY THE WINDS!

 

[Deleted member 21509]

"Excuse me, flight attendant, I will have the milk and you should too"