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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1978 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Union de Transports Aériens - UTA |
| Registration: | N54629 |
| MSN: | 46852/125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 180 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | South Pacific -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While in normal cruise at FL370, the aircraft entered an area of turbulence.
The accelerations experienced (-0.5 g to 2.5 g) resulted in serious injuries to five persons.
This turbulence had not been mentioned in the forecast provided to the crew and no sigmet had been issued. The pilots had had no radar indications of storm activity en route; as a result the passengers had not fastened their seat belts before the accident.
Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 September 1989 | N54629 | Union de Transports Aériens - UTA | 170 | Ténéré desert |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2024 09:03 | ASN | Added |
| 16-Oct-2024 09:10 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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