Federal safety investigators say the jolt was so strong that the flight attendant thought the plane had crashed.
ABC News' transportation correspondent Gio Benitz shares what passengers' rights are amid the busy summer travel season.A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the impact of landing was so hard that the flight attendant thought the plane had crashed. She felt pain in her back and neck and could not move, and was taken to a hospital where she was diagnosed with the fracture.The NTSB said none of the other 141 people on board the plane were injured in the incident at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California.
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Southwest Airlines Attendant Suffers Broken Back in Hard LandingA Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators.
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Southwest attendant suffers broken back in hard landingA Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said the impact of landing was so hard that the flight attendant thought the plane had crashed. The safety board completed its investigation without saying what caused the hard larding.
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Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffers broken back in hard landingA Southwest Airlines flight's hard landing at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, led to a vertebra injury for a flight attendant in a jump seat.
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Southwest attendant suffered broken back in hard landingA Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators.
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Southwest Airlines flight attendant breaks her back during hard landing in CaliforniaShe felt pain in her back and neck and could not move, and was taken to a hospital where she was diagnosed with the fracture.
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