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| Date: | Sunday 22 October 2017 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-86N (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Spring Airlines Japan |
| Registration: | JA03GR |
| MSN: | 41272/8419 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 134 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40km east-northeast of Kumamoto Airport (KMJ/RJFT) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA) |
| Saga Airport (HSG/RJFS) | |
| Investigating agency: | JTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A cabin attendant of Spring Airlines Japan's flight SJO/IJ701 from Tokyo/Narita to Saga on 22nd October, operated by a Boeing 737-800, broke her lumbar vertebra due to severe turbulence, though she sat on a seat and fastened the seat belt, while the plane was descending through 4500m (FL150), 40km east-northeast of Kumamoto and 90km east-southeast of Saga. The cabin crew's injury was revealed when she went to hospital on 26th October. No injuries were reported among other 133 occupants. Though there were no apparent damage to the airplane, a special inspection will be carried out. JTSB launched an investigation as an accident on 27th October. At the time of the accident, a super typhoon T1721 LAN (1721) was situated about 500km southeast of the accident site.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://ajax.springairlines.com/style/site/img/home/%E4%BD%90%E8%B3%80%E4%BE%BF%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AE%E6%A9%9F%E4%BD%93%E6%8F%BA%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AB%E4%BC%B4%E3%81%86%E5%AE%A2%E5%AE%A4%E4%B9%97%E5%8B%99%E5%93%A1%E3%81%AE%E8%B2%A0%E5%82%B7%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A620171027.pdf
http://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2203
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171027-00000050-mai-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171027-00000081-jij-soci]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2017 13:43 | isamuel | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 17:43 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Accident report, ] |
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