Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180; Flight Crew Total 18335; Flight Crew Type 8317
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Weather
During descent we were advised of reported moderate turbulence below 20;000. As we already had seat belt sign on and airspeed of 270 for light turbulence on descent and being vectored for approach; first officer started slowing toward 250 and I informed flight attendants to take their seats. Continued descent from 27;000 to assigned altitude of 16;000 and at about 20;000 encountered moderate turbulence for about 2-3 minutes. At 4;000 feet and on final first flight attendant called cockpit to inform us that a crewmember in aft galley had not gotten to his seat and fell hurting his ankle and requested we call for paramedics.Paramedics met the aircraft and decided to take the injured flight attendant to hospital for X-rays. As of this report I do not know if he had a sprain; ligament tear or hair line fracture to his left ankle. He stated that he went up and came down on ankle in turbulence. He has to stay at the layover for 10 days until released back to duty. Weather was VMC and no aircraft in front of us and we had just passed a mountain range.
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A flight encountered moderate turbulence during descent. One flight attendant was injured.