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Flight attendant reported non-retractable lavatory doors could pose a safety hazard in emergency situations; or injure people standing too close when opened.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1610566 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Interior Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
Passenger fainted in the aisle. It happened to be in the middle of the aft lav doors that are non-retractable. There were passengers in each lav that could not get out. Two crew members in the galley [were] unable to access doctor recommended equipment. A call forward to purser remedied that portion. Had there been another unforeseen event; this could have been very dangerous. The lav doors have been a problem since inception. I have seen people get hit with them; I've been hit with them; and they block the galley.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported non-retractable lavatory doors could pose a safety hazard in emergency situations; or injure people standing too close when opened.
Narrative: Passenger fainted in the aisle. It happened to be in the middle of the aft lav doors that are non-retractable. There were passengers in each lav that could not get out. Two crew members in the galley [were] unable to access doctor recommended equipment. A call forward to Purser remedied that portion. Had there been another unforeseen event; this could have been very dangerous. The lav doors have been a problem since inception. I have seen people get hit with them; I've been hit with them; and they block the galley.
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.