B738, en-route, near Cuneo northwest Italy, 2021

B738, en-route, near Cuneo northwest Italy, 2021

Summary

On 25 July 2021, a Boeing 737-800 which had previously been manoeuvring visually around storm cells over the Alps during the initial descent into Nice turned back on track believing the avoidance action was complete but was then unable to avoid penetrating a further cell during which severe turbulence caused a serious injury to one of the cabin crew and a lesser injury to another. Multiple aircraft in the area had been simultaneously requesting track deviations at the time with ATC displays not showing weather returns. In the absence of plans to introduce this, a corresponding safety recommendation was made.

Description

On 25 July 2021, a Boeing 737-800 (SE-RPE) being operated by Norwegian Air Sweden on a scheduled passenger flight from Copenhagen to Nice as NAX 3646 was unable to avoid briefly penetrating a storm cell during a descent previously conducted in day VMC. One unsecured member of the cabin crew sustained a serious injury and another a minor one. The flight was completed without further event and landed at its destination twenty minutes later where both injured cabin crew were taken to hospital.

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