B737 flight attendant reported a rear galley compartment opened during landing ejecting its contents...

Narrative:

Upon landing; a compartment in the rear galley popped open and its contents (soda cans) ejected into the rear galley and rear aisle area. Both flight attendant Y and myself were startled by this because we had been very thorough in latching and double checking the latches on the galley compartments as we secured the galley for landing. I had double checked visually and flight attendant Y had physically touched each latch before we took our jumpseats for landing. I take extra effort with this galley for this very reason. I and flight attendant Y observed that the latch on the compartment in question was still green (locked) and yet it had popped open during landing. We received two rings at this point as the noise had been noted from the two flight attendants in the front and they called to ask if everything was ok. I explained what had occurred. The flight deck contacted mechanics and they reported promptly to investigate the situation. The mechanic stated that maintenance had received quite a number of calls about the latches on this type of galley. Either the bottom latch [is] failing; or the top hinged part of the slide in galley type door [is] failing. I think the more traditional twist down red latches are easier to use.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Attendant reported a rear galley compartment opened during landing ejecting its contents. The latch had been properly locked. Maintenance indicated they had received numerous calls about the latches on this type of galley.

Narrative: Upon landing; a compartment in the rear galley popped open and its contents (soda cans) ejected into the rear galley and rear aisle area. Both Flight Attendant Y and myself were startled by this because we had been VERY thorough in latching and double checking the latches on the galley compartments as we secured the galley for landing. I had double checked visually and Flight Attendant Y had physically touched each latch before we took our jumpseats for landing. I take extra effort with this galley for this very reason. I and Flight Attendant Y observed that the latch on the compartment in question was still green (locked) and yet it had popped open during landing. We received two rings at this point as the noise had been noted from the two flight attendants in the front and they called to ask if everything was ok. I explained what had occurred. The flight deck contacted mechanics and they reported promptly to investigate the situation. The mechanic stated that maintenance had received quite a number of calls about the latches on this type of galley. Either the bottom latch [is] failing; OR the top hinged part of the slide in galley type door [is] failing. I think the more traditional twist down red latches are easier to use.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1477537
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

B737 flight attendant reported a rear galley compartment opened during landing ejecting its contents. The latch had been properly locked. Maintenance indicated they had received numerous calls about the latches on this type of galley.