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Flight attendant reported an unclaimed bag was discovered when boarding the aircraft and security procedure was not followed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1605501 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Security Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Plane landed from ZZZ approximately 2 1/2 hours prior to our check in time. Crew swiped in with gate agent and preceded to plane. Upon arrival onto aircraft; crew noticed that there was a large bag still in overhead. Plane had not been cleaned; but had been catered. Cockpit notified ground and when cleaners showed up; I asked them if they were going to do a cabin security search (I have been told they are now trained to do these searches instead of tsa/security personnel). They were a bit [lost] and then as if being prompted said yes; we had already stowed our bags so I asked if they needed for us to step back off plane with our bags; they said no it's ok; but I asked my crew to please gather their bags and step off so a correct safety sweep could be done. As we stepped back off plane; the gate agent came down and removed bag. I asked what she was going to do with it and she said send it to baggage claim. SOP was not followed with this flight and I was taken back by the lack of concern by our gate agent and our ground crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight attendant reported an unclaimed bag was discovered when boarding the aircraft and security procedure was not followed.
Narrative: Plane landed from ZZZ approximately 2 1/2 hours prior to our check in time. Crew swiped in with gate agent and preceded to plane. Upon arrival onto aircraft; crew noticed that there was a large bag still in overhead. Plane had not been cleaned; but had been catered. Cockpit notified Ground and when cleaners showed up; I asked them if they were going to do a cabin security search (I have been told they are now trained to do these searches instead of TSA/security personnel). They were a bit [lost] and then as if being prompted said yes; we had already stowed our bags so I asked if they needed for us to step back off plane with our bags; they said no it's ok; but I asked my crew to please gather their bags and step off so a correct safety sweep could be done. As we stepped back off plane; the gate agent came down and removed bag. I asked what she was going to do with it and she said send it to baggage claim. SOP was not followed with this flight and I was taken back by the lack of concern by our gate agent and our ground crew.
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.