Incident to the Airbus A330 registered B-5921 operated by China Eastern on 29/11/2016 at Sydney [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

During approach, the aircraft encountered severe turbulence.

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General information
Local date	29/11/2016
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	Vers AD Sydney
Human consequences	Minor
Number of minor injuries	11
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2016-0751

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	China - China Eastern Airlines
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	B-5921
State of registry	China
Last departure point	China - ZPPP (KMG): Kunming/Wujiaba
Planned destination	Australia - YSSY (SYD): Sydney / Kingsford Smith International
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	1402
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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