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| Date: | Friday 16 July 1993 |
| Time: | 02:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-322ER |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N645UA |
| MSN: | 25280/391 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5204 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W 4060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 164 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caribbean Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | EZE |
| KJFK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 350, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED THE TOPS OF CIRRUS CLOUDS FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY TWO SHARP JOLTS OF TURBULENCE WHICH LASTED ABOUT 15 SECONDS. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE WEATHER RADAR WAS ON AND NO WEATHER WAS DEPICTED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO THE SCHEDULED DESTINATION WHERE THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TREATED.
Probable Cause: TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AFTER ENTERING CIRRUS CLOUDS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA93LA157
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2023 11:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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