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B737-900 flight attendant reported concerns regarding transport of large lithium ion battery powered device in cabin overhead without thorough research.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1718343 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While boarding a flight I noticed a very large hard covered box in the overhead bin. I asked who's it was and a guest said it was his. I asked him what it was and he said a drum set. I asked if it had a lithium battery and he said yes. I asked if it could be taken out he said no. That's why it's on the plane because they wouldn't let it go below and I said ok. He said he does it all the time.I then went up and asked the customer service representative to come back and look at it if they had checked it out and she also had a lead on board neither one of them ever answered my questions. Did someone approve this item?I went and talk to the captain because I was concerned this large box was half the size of the bin with lithium batteries in it and I know that it would not fit in the battery containment bag. We were flying 5 hours over water.I talked to the captain and he said there were cell phones and laptops on board with lithium batteries in them and I said but this box would not fit in our battery containment bag they would. He then said he thought it was ok; so the guest brought his large bag in the overhead bin. I would like to know if this item is approved?we should have checked this item out further before flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-900 Flight Attendant reported concerns regarding transport of large Lithium Ion battery powered device in cabin overhead without thorough research.
Narrative: While boarding a flight I noticed a very large hard covered box in the overhead bin. I asked who's it was and a guest said it was his. I asked him what it was and he said a drum set. I asked if it had a Lithium battery and he said yes. I asked if it could be taken out he said no. That's why It's on the plane because they wouldn't let it go below and I said OK. He said he does it all the time.I then went up and asked the Customer Service Representative to come back and look at it if they had checked it out and she also had a lead on board neither one of them ever answered my questions. Did someone approve this item?I went and talk to the Captain because I was concerned this large box was half the size of the bin with lithium batteries in it and I know that it would not fit in the battery containment bag. We were flying 5 hours over water.I talked to the Captain and he said there were cell phones and laptops on Board with Lithium batteries in them and I said but this box would not fit in our battery containment bag they would. He then said he thought it was OK; so the guest brought his large bag in the overhead bin. I would like to know if this item is approved?We should have checked this item out further before flying.
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.