Serious Incident to the Airbus A330 iregsitered B-LNE operated by Hong Kong Airlines Ltd occured on 05/0616 while cruising over Borneo [investigation led by AIB, Indonesia]

Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités d'Indonésie :

The Airbus 330-223 aircraft registered B-LNE conducted a scheduled flight as CRK6704 from WADD Denpasar to VHHH Hong Kong. At approximately 1 hour after departure, the aircraft experienced severe turbulence and caused passenger suffered injuries. At about 20:29 UTC, the aircraft landed safely in WADD Denpasar.

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General information
Local date	07/05/2016
Responsible entity	Indonesia - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Indonesia
Location	En croisière au-dessus de l'île de Bornéo
Human consequences	Minor
Number of minor injuries	15
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0271

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Hong Kong - Hong Kong Airlines Ltd.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	B-LNE
State of registry	Hong Kong
Last departure point	Indonesia - WADD (DPS) : Bali Intl
Planned destination	Hong Kong - VHHH (HKG) : Hong Kong/Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1039
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.