During the CAT ALL the cabin crew hit the ceiling, followed by the floor, several times. Incredibly, only one was seriously injured - concussed for a long time. She was taken to hospital on arrival and released next day with black eyes and shock. The others were OK during flight, albeit shocked not surprisingly.
The passenger who ignored the seat-belt sign turned out to have a fractured hip which turned the incident in to an official AAIB accident.
Cabin service was cancelled for the duration of forecast (med) CAT, then scrapped, to allow the cabin crew time to recover - this is why many of them were sitting down for so long.
The aircraft was an A300-600, routing MLE-BAH-LGW.
Last edited by jshg; 6th Feb 2003 at 18:49.