Information has emerged that a passenger on Southwest Airlines flight WN3633 between Manchester & Baltimore was injured by turbulence in-flight.
Also, such details have been confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Below is what we know on this incident so far…
Southwest Airlines Flight WN3633 Manchester-Baltimore…
Southwest Airlines flight WN3633, which involved a passenger injured by turbulence, is a routine scheduled flight between Manchester, New Hampshire and Baltimore.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the accident was N226WN.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N226WN is a 18.7 year old Boeing 737-700 that was delivered to the airline back in November 2005.
Moreover, of the Boeing 737-700 aircraft, Southwest Airlines has 375 of them in their fleet.
Within that 375, 357 are in active service and 18 are parked, with an average fleet age of 18.9 years.
Furthermore, the airline is an all-Boeing operator, with the rest of their fleet looking as follows at the time of writing:
- 205 Boeing 737-800s.
- 237 Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
Southwest Airlines flight WN3633, which involved a passenger injured by turbulence, departed Manchester at 1328 local time on August 7 bound for Baltimore.
Furthermore, reporting from The Aviation Herald notes that the accident happened around an hour into flight.
It is understood that the flight continued to destination as planned, landing safely at 1453 local time that same day.
FAA Rates The Passenger Injured As “Serious”…
The FAA confirmed that the passenger injured by turbulence on Southwest Airlines flight WN3633 Manchester-Baltimore was marked as a serious accident.
Moreover, it is unclear what the nature of the injuries sustained to the passenger are.
Also, with this being marked as a serious accident by the FAA, it is expected that this will be investigated, although this is unknown at this time.
Looking at data from RadarBox.com, it appears that no damage was sustained to the aircraft following the accident.
Also, around 40 minutes after landing, the aircraft was back in the air again operating the WN4540 rotation to Jackson.
Since the accident, the aircraft has operated the following rotations:
- WN4540 – Jackson to Houston.
- WN2465 – Houston to Phoenix.
- WN875 – Phoenix to Los Angeles.
- WN250 – Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
- WN733 – Las Vegas to Long Beach.
- WN733 – Long Beach to Sacramento.
- WN2772 – Sacramento to Eugene.
- WN4035 – Eugene to San Jose.
- WN2487 – San Jose to San Diego.
- WN2487 – San Diego to Denver.
Furthermore, over the course of today and tomorrow, the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 involved in the accident where a passenger was injured by turbulence, N226WN will operate the following flights:
- WN3092 – Denver to Las Vegas.
- WN3091 – Milwaukee to Dallas.
- WN3213 – Dallas to Myrtle Beach.
- WN3680 – Myrtle Beach to Denver.
Overall, no additional accidents or incidents have been reported on the aircraft following the August 7 instance.
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