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Flight attendant encounters two passengers vomiting on her flights and has the flight crew call paramedics to meet the aircraft. The passengers are examined and released.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1205692 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Airline Total 8 Flight Attendant Total 8 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
Near the end of boarding there was a teenage girl who vomited in the aft galley. We called for hazmat to clean and a ground supervisor to come determine whether we should accept this passenger for transport since she seemed to have 'flu-like' symptoms. The girl who got sick did not speak english. She was traveling with a large international group. One of the members of her group came forward and told us that she does not have a fever; that she is only vomiting because they had to run to make their connection. With this information it was determined that it would be safe to transport her. 20 minutes after take off; she had vomited on the floor in the aft again and continued to vomit in the aft lavatory sink. Approximately 20 minutes after that; after preparing the cabin for landing; another gentleman of the group (in his mid-twenties) came to the forward lavatory to vomit. The B flight attendant and I decided to break sterile cockpit to let the pilots know that there is a passenger in the lavatory vomiting. The passenger was still in the lavatory for landing and until we parked at the gate. The passenger who vomited during boarding vomited 3 more times between preparing for landing and arriving at the gate. Paramedics were called. The paramedics checked out the two vomiting passengers and were on their way.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant encounters two passengers vomiting on her flights and has the flight crew call paramedics to meet the aircraft. The passengers are examined and released.
Narrative: Near the end of boarding there was a teenage girl who vomited in the aft galley. We called for hazmat to clean and a ground supervisor to come determine whether we should accept this passenger for transport since she seemed to have 'flu-like' symptoms. The girl who got sick did not speak English. She was traveling with a large international group. One of the members of her group came forward and told us that she does not have a fever; that she is only vomiting because they had to run to make their connection. With this information it was determined that it would be safe to transport her. 20 minutes after take off; she had vomited on the floor in the aft again and continued to vomit in the aft lavatory sink. Approximately 20 minutes after that; after preparing the cabin for landing; another gentleman of the group (in his mid-twenties) came to the forward lavatory to vomit. The B FA and I decided to break sterile cockpit to let the pilots know that there is a passenger in the lavatory vomiting. The passenger was still in the lavatory for landing and until we parked at the gate. The passenger who vomited during boarding vomited 3 more times between preparing for landing and arriving at the gate. Paramedics were called. The paramedics checked out the two vomiting passengers and were on their way.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.