Five Injured in British Airways 747 Jolt: unspecified technical problems cited

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Five Injured in British Airways Plane Jolt

LONDON (Reuters) - Five people were hurt when a British Airways' 747 jumbo jet carrying 364 passengers jolted in mid-air en route to New York Monday, leaving one passenger in hospital with a suspected broken leg, the airline said.

Three of the passengers were taken to hospital but were released soon afterwards while one crew member was treated for cuts and bruises, a company spokeswoman said.

``One passenger is currently being treated after being injured in a flight overnight. The incident happened at about 0220 GMT,'' a the spokeswoman said.

``We believe the jolt was due to a technical problem but we do not want to speculate on the case until we have completed our investigation into the incident,'' she added.

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-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), February 28, 2000

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More information on this incident:

FAA Accident/Incident Report. **** 02/28/2000 Preliminary Accident/Incident Data Record RECORD 1 **** A. Type: Accident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 02/28/2000 From: EASTERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER

B. Reg.No.: BAW179 M/M: B747 Desc: SUPER JET 747 Activity: Business Phase: Descent GA-A/C: Air Carrier

Descr: BRITISH AIRWAYS ACFT WAS ON DESCENT INTO JFK ARPT 100 MILES SOUTH OF BOSTON, MA, WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED AUTOPILOT CLIMB, 1 PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES (BROKEN LEG), AND 10 OTHER PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN THE EVENT, NO ACFT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT IN NEW YORK, NY.

WX: UNKN Damage: None C2. Injury Data: # Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:Y # Pass: 11 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 10 Unk:Y # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 UNK:

D. Location City: NEW YORK State: NY

E. Occ Date: 02/28/2000 Time: 02:45

F. Invest Coverage. IIC: Reg/DO: EA15 DO CTY: NEW YORK DO State: NY Others: NTSB

G. Flt Handling. Dep Pt: YYT Dep Date: 02/28/2000 Time: Dest: NEW YORK, NY Last Radio Cont: UNKN Flt Plan: IFR Last Clearance: UNKN WX Briefing: Y Other:

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), February 29, 2000.


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