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A B737 flight attendant reported that slide safety covers were not installed properly. The covers are being packed inside the bustle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1516852 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
After arming doors and pushing back from the gate; I noticed that the forward service door was missing the manual inflation handle safety cover and the handle displaying 'pull' was hanging out for anything to get caught on or anyone to pull which could easily lead to an inadvertent slide deployment inflight. I informed the a [flight attendant] who then informed the captain. When moving to the aft galley to begin service; we noticed the aft entry door was also missing the manual inflation caution cover. While it was reported by the flight attendants; the slides were never fixed while we were working on the aircraft. This is an ongoing issue; myself finding and reporting [multiple] slides on [different] aircraft over the past week through safety reporting. All slides on all aircraft need to be checked and repacked to ensure safety covers are installed properly. Maintenance has informed me multiple times that they are not all aware of safety covers even being there; and not until they open the slide bustle and pull out the cover that they realize the issue that the covers are being packed inside the bustle; and therefore packing the slides incorrectly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 Flight Attendant reported that slide safety covers were not installed properly. The covers are being packed inside the bustle.
Narrative: After arming doors and pushing back from the gate; I noticed that the forward service door was missing the manual inflation handle safety cover and the handle displaying 'PULL' was hanging out for anything to get caught on or anyone to pull which could easily lead to an inadvertent slide deployment inflight. I informed the A [Flight Attendant] who then informed the Captain. When moving to the aft galley to begin service; we noticed the aft entry door was also missing the manual inflation caution cover. While it was reported by the flight attendants; the slides were never fixed while we were working on the aircraft. This is an ongoing issue; myself finding and reporting [multiple] slides on [different] aircraft over the past week through safety reporting. All slides on all aircraft need to be checked and repacked to ensure safety covers are installed properly. Maintenance has informed me multiple times that they are not all aware of safety covers even being there; and not until they open the slide bustle and pull out the cover that they realize the issue that the covers are being packed inside the bustle; and therefore packing the slides incorrectly.
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.