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To: SmoothSail who wrote (4471)	11/19/2001 3:36:38 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 14610

The excerpted text is about a flight on January 17, 1996. Care to guess who the woman was that they refer to in the bolded text? ntsb.gov And, just last month, on January 17, an Airbus A-300 operating between Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, encountered severe turbulence 40 to 45 minutes after takeoff, injuring 25 passengers, one seriously. None of the crew was injured. The seat belt sign was illuminated at the time of the occurrence and the Purser had made several announcements in both English and Spanish to remind passengers to keep their belts fastened. The flight attendants decided to delay their food service because of the bumpiness that they had experienced since takeoff. I'm happy to report that the flight attendants used common sense and opted to restrain themselves when they perceived that turbulence was intensifying, rather than wait for the order from the cockpit. While we haven't yet had an opportunity to analyze their performance, I am sure that their decision to keep the carts out of the aisle prevented additional injuries. One of the flight attendants warned a woman that she should keep her seat belt fastened, but she got out of her seat to use the lavatory anyway. She was injured during the incident.