Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that on December 22, a cabin crew member on flight JL57 from San Francisco to Tokyo/Narita (Boeing 787-9, registration: JA865J) was injured due to turbulence during the flight. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has classified the case as an aviation accident.
The flight was carrying a total of 198 people, consisting of 13 crew members and 185 passengers, and departed San Francisco at 12:38 p.m. local time on December 21. At around 1:27 p.m. Japan time on the same day, while flying at an altitude of approximately 38,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean about 1,190 kilometers south of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the aircraft encountered turbulence while the seatbelt sign was illuminated. The flight arrived at Tokyo/Narita at 5:02 p.m. Japan time.
Subsequently, one cabin crew member was diagnosed with a fracture of the right medial cuneiform bone. No other crew members or passengers were injured.
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