Overview
- A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 crossing the Pacific hit turbulence that seriously injured a flight attendant, and the jet landed safely in San Francisco where paramedics treated the crew member.
- The National Transportation Safety Board has classified the event as a turbulence encounter and opened an investigation.
- The NTSB docket identifies the aircraft as 787-9 registration N23994 and lists 165 people on board.
- Flight-tracking data points to United Flight 114 from Papeete to San Francisco arriving about 90 minutes late, though one outlet reported it as Flight 115 in the opposite direction.
- United said no passengers were injured, and FAA research shows serious turbulence injuries are rare but more common for cabin crew who are often moving during flight.