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BOEING 777-232DELTA AIR LINES INC
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precedents
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4 timed factsthe recorder events from the FDR report, with the transcript's warnings, callouts, the words nearest each event and the final seconds — on one clock, as printed in each report- 05:44:03-05:44:27 EDTFDRdescentp.2Presumed turbulence encounter during the descent into ATL
- 05:44:10 EDTFDRdescentp.2In the 10-second period starting here, descending through 13,200 ft pressure altitude, vertical acceleration fluctuated between +1.56 g and +0.24 g; airspeed momentarily increased from 309 to 316 knots; lateral acceleration fluctuated between +0.12 g and -0.19 g; roll fluctuated between 4 degrees left and 5 degrees right
- about 06:00 EDTFDRlandingp.2Aircraft landed, 14 hours 45 minutes after departure
- about 15:15 EDT (July 11)FDRtakeoffp.2Aircraft departed
Flight Data Recorder 10 - Specialist's Factual Report · 4 events extracted by claude-fable-5-1 (in-session)
How the Board coded the sequence
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
Precedents
8 closest casesranked by what happened, in the Board's words, and by the findings and occurrences it coded- BOEING 757 232 · DELTA AIR LINES INCAtlanta, GA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INCBeaumont, TX
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 767 · International Lease Finance CorpPago Pago, AQ
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 · Dynamic Airways, LLCMiami, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 737-8 · American Airlines IncMiami, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 757 · DELTA AIR LINES INCHogansville, GA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 737-7H4 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COPort Orange, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Delta Air Lines, IncChicago, IL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter
What the record says
a pattern, not a findingacross the 8 closest cases · 8 carry coded findings · 8 have a probable causeFindings the Board cited in those cases
- 8 of 8Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulencecited here too
Occurrences it coded
- 8 of 8Turbulence encounter
Set against the Board’s own findings for this case
Cited here, and common in the precedents
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Cited here, not seen in the precedents
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Common in the precedents, not cited here
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A teaching device, not a verdict: what the record would have looked at, next to what the Board found.
In the Board’s words — the closest cases
- DCA14CA0362014-01-10 · BOEING 757 232 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
unexpected encounter with convective turbulence while the flight attendants were preparing for arrival.
- DCA16CA0212015-11-07 · BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INC
An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.
- WPR11LA0712010-12-03 · BOEING 767 · International Lease Finance Corp
The airplane’s encounter with convectively-induced turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to one flight attendant.
- ERA11CA3672011-06-22 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 · Dynamic Airways, LLC
The in-flight encounter with convective turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
- DCA23LA0502022-11-10 · BOEING 737-8 · American Airlines Inc
An encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
This is the pattern in the NTSB’s own record across similar accidents — which findings it cited, what it coded, what it recommended. It is drawn from the record, not written about this case, and it never assigns blame: investigations exist to prevent the next accident (ICAO Annex 13).