Narrative:

After takeoff from nassau international in 727 the cabin wouldn't pressurize with both packs on. Flight attendants said there was a loud whistling from the left aft galley door. We made a normal return for landing at nassau international. No emergency declared. No fuel dump required. Once on the ground with the checklist complete, we reseated the door. Aircraft was then pressurized on the ground and it worked fine with no air leak around door. Refiled and redispatched by radio and took off with no further incidents. We did not have any indication of a door problem in the cockpit (ie, no lights). Flight attendant called before takeoff as we were taking the runway, to tell us of a whistling sound by the door but did not indicate that it was particularly abnormal. The seals almost always reseal at takeoff power and that's what we expected to happen. In retrospect, we should've taxied off and checked out the door. Supplemental information from acn 268823: flight attendant in tail section called flight engineer and complained of loud noise from aircraft galley door. Flight engineer said it was probably because he was pressurizing aircraft. We landed without incident. While stopped on taxiway, flight engineer opened and then closed the aft galley door. This eliminated noise. We received a new dispatch from company and a new ATC clearance. We again took off without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RETURN LAND OF B-727 MANDATED BY AFY GALLEY DOOR NOT BEING SEATED, CREATING A PRESSURIZATION PROB FOR THE CREW. NON RESPONSE TO ALARM WARNING SYS...YES, CABIN ATTENDANTS ARE INDEED A WARNING SYS!

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM NASSAU INTL IN 727 THE CABIN WOULDN'T PRESSURIZE WITH BOTH PACKS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS SAID THERE WAS A LOUD WHISTLING FROM THE L AFT GALLEY DOOR. WE MADE A NORMAL RETURN FOR LNDG AT NASSAU INTL. NO EMER DECLARED. NO FUEL DUMP REQUIRED. ONCE ON THE GND WITH THE CHKLIST COMPLETE, WE RESEATED THE DOOR. ACFT WAS THEN PRESSURIZED ON THE GND AND IT WORKED FINE WITH NO AIR LEAK AROUND DOOR. REFILED AND REDISPATCHED BY RADIO AND TOOK OFF WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION OF A DOOR PROB IN THE COCKPIT (IE, NO LIGHTS). FLT ATTENDANT CALLED BEFORE TKOF AS WE WERE TAKING THE RWY, TO TELL US OF A WHISTLING SOUND BY THE DOOR BUT DID NOT INDICATE THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY ABNORMAL. THE SEALS ALMOST ALWAYS RESEAL AT TKOF PWR AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN. IN RETROSPECT, WE SHOULD'VE TAXIED OFF AND CHKED OUT THE DOOR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 268823: FLT ATTENDANT IN TAIL SECTION CALLED FE AND COMPLAINED OF LOUD NOISE FROM ACFT GALLEY DOOR. FE SAID IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE HE WAS PRESSURIZING ACFT. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE STOPPED ON TXWY, FE OPENED AND THEN CLOSED THE AFT GALLEY DOOR. THIS ELIMINATED NOISE. WE RECEIVED A NEW DISPATCH FROM COMPANY AND A NEW ATC CLRNC. WE AGAIN TOOK OFF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.