Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180; Flight Crew Total 18000; Flight Crew Type 12000
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
Departed PBI to east northeast. During enroute climb in low FL200's encountered strong wake turbulence from Aircraft Y in front of us and also climbing. ATC was advised. Passenger was injured from hot coffee burn.
A320 Captain reported a passenger suffered a burn from spilled coffee during a wake turbulence encounter departing PBI in trail of a Widebody Transport.