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Flight attendant reported their long hair got caught in the jump seat belt assembly and it took 20 minutes to free them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755707 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was the purser. On the take off roll the container above my jump seat which houses 3 O2 bottles came open. I twisted around a little to try and hold the container closed for take off; and as I did my long hair got twisted into the inertia part of the seatbelt. My head was pulled back and my hair was stuck in between the seatbelt and the housing. I could not move my head and it had twisted my hair so badly that I was stuck in my jump seat. As we climbed out I called another flight attendant and asked for her assistance. She came up and could not free me from the seatbelt. Another flight attendant came up and he too could not release my hair from the inertia part of the seatbelt. It took the three of us 20 minutes after take off to free me from my jump seat.as we are no longer doing a pre-departure service I am allowed to have my hair down until the start of the service. I was planning on putting my hair up as soon as we got airborne. This surely has to be a malfunction on the B787 aircraft? I have felt it tugging at my hair before this incident; but never has this happened before.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported their long hair got caught in the jump seat belt assembly and it took 20 minutes to free them.
Narrative: I was the Purser. On the take off roll the container above my jump seat which houses 3 O2 bottles came open. I twisted around a little to try and hold the container closed for take off; and as I did my long hair got twisted into the inertia part of the seatbelt. My head was pulled back and my hair was stuck in between the seatbelt and the housing. I could not move my head and it had twisted my hair so badly that I was stuck in my jump seat. As we climbed out I called another flight attendant and asked for her assistance. She came up and could not free me from the seatbelt. Another flight attendant came up and he too could not release my hair from the inertia part of the seatbelt. It took the three of us 20 minutes after take off to free me from my jump seat.As we are no longer doing a pre-departure service I am allowed to have my hair down until the start of the service. I was planning on putting my hair up as soon as we got airborne. This surely has to be a malfunction on the B787 aircraft? I have felt it tugging at my hair before this incident; but never has this happened before.
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.