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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 2008 |
| Time: | 00:40 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-170 |
| Owner/operator: | Republic Airlines |
| Registration: | N871RW |
| MSN: | 17000140 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | GE CF34-8E5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 77 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Kansas City International Airport, MO (MCI/KMCI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While descending into the destination airfield, the crew deviated course to avoid thunderstorms as turbulence was expected. The flight crew warned the flight attendants and passengers of anticipated turbulence. The captain reported that the airplane then experienced "light chop with areas of moderate to sever[e] turbulence." During the encounter, a flight attendant who was in the aft galley securing a beverage cart fell on her left side and fractured her ankle.
Probable Cause: An in-flight encounter with turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN09LA106
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