<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1753981, August 2020

First officer reported that a flight attendant discovered the security seals were blocking the O2 panels from opening in the lavatories.

Attributes
ACN	1753981
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Oxygen System/Pax
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 105 Flight Crew Type 304
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security

Narrative:

Flight attendant (flight attendant) identified in flight that the aft lavatories O2 mask doors had the security seal improperly fixed. The seals could have prevented deployment of the O2 masks. The forward lavatory was MEL'd out of service. With approximately 45 minutes flight time; the captain elected to leave only one aft lavatory open. First officer (first officer) concurred. Maintenance contacted after landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer reported that a Flight Attendant discovered the security seals were blocking the O2 panels from opening in the Lavatories.

Narrative: FA (Flight Attendant) identified in flight that the aft lavatories O2 mask doors had the security seal improperly fixed. The seals could have prevented deployment of the O2 masks. The forward lavatory was MEL'd out of service. With approximately 45 minutes flight time; the Captain elected to leave only one aft lavatory open. FO (First Officer) concurred. Maintenance contacted after landing.

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.