Serious incident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1848U, Tuesday 6 June 1989

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Date:	Tuesday 6 June 1989
Time:	18:20 LT
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Owner/operator:	United Airlines
Registration:	N1848U
MSN:	48264/379
Engine model:	GE CF-6
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 245
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Garden City, KS - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX)
Destination airport:	Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A DC-10, A SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AT FL370 WHILE TRANSITIONING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, SEVERAL PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. SOME PASSENGERS HAD NOT HEEDED THE CAPTAIN'S INSTRUCTION TO BUCKLE UP.

Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF SOME OF THE PASSENGERS TO FOLLOW THE CAPTAIN'S INSTRUCTIONS TO FASTEN THEIR LAP BELTS.

Accident investigation: