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Flight attendants reported a passenger boarded wearing a powered air purifier respirator during the flight and they were not sure if it was allowed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1763764 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Passenger in seat X1 had an unusual device that he was wearing. Flight attendant 'a' and I approached the passenger; and asked about his device. He said that it's a powered air purifying respirator. Powered air purifying respirator had a hose that was attached to the face hood. We talked to gate agent and asked about the device; gate agent did not know anything that pertained to such device. Flight attendant 'a' and I looked through our manual and couldn't find anything about this specific device. It's not an air purifier which is a prohibited on all flights; it's a respirator which is similar to mpeds (medical portable electronic device). The passenger was very compliant; he had a face mask on and a hood shield on. Since we were not sure about this device; we talked to our pilot. Our pilot called operations; and operations said that it's ok with them if we allow passenger to have this device on flight. We allowed passenger to have the device on board.more information needed for situations like these.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight attendants reported a passenger boarded wearing a powered air purifier respirator during the flight and they were not sure if it was allowed.
Narrative: Passenger in seat X1 had an unusual device that he was wearing. FA 'A' and I approached the passenger; and asked about his device. He said that it's a Powered Air Purifying Respirator. Powered Air Purifying Respirator had a hose that was attached to the face hood. We talked to gate agent and asked about the device; gate agent did not know anything that pertained to such device. FA 'A' and I looked through our manual and couldn't find anything about this specific device. It's not an Air Purifier which is a prohibited on all flights; it's a respirator which is similar to MPEDs (Medical Portable Electronic Device). The passenger was very compliant; he had a face mask on and a hood shield on. Since we were not sure about this device; we talked to our pilot. Our pilot called operations; and operations said that it's OK with them if we allow passenger to have this device on flight. We allowed passenger to have the device on board.More information needed for situations like these.
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.