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Flight crew of a B757 landed with a sick passenger in the lavatory. Did not know until after everyone had left the aircraft. When asked by cabin attendant to be seated, the passenger refused because she was very sick.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 355580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach ground : parked landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 355580 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Passenger in aft lavatory during landing. After flight landed, during the van ride to layover hotel, flight attendant told me that a female passenger was in the aft lavatory throwing up during the landing. This was the first I knew about this. The WX was night VMC conditions. Had I known of this situation, I would have delayed the landing until the passenger was properly in a seat with belt fastened. Flight attendant said that the passenger was violently sick and would not come out of the lavatory prior to landing. Flight attendant said that she did not want to bother us during our landing phase. Thank you.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 LANDED WITH A SICK PAX IN THE LAVATORY. DID NOT KNOW UNTIL AFTER EVERYONE HAD LEFT THE ACFT. WHEN ASKED BY CABIN ATTENDANT TO BE SEATED, THE PAX REFUSED BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY SICK.
Narrative: PAX IN AFT LAVATORY DURING LNDG. AFTER FLT LANDED, DURING THE VAN RIDE TO LAYOVER HOTEL, FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT A FEMALE PAX WAS IN THE AFT LAVATORY THROWING UP DURING THE LNDG. THIS WAS THE FIRST I KNEW ABOUT THIS. THE WX WAS NIGHT VMC CONDITIONS. HAD I KNOWN OF THIS SIT, I WOULD HAVE DELAYED THE LNDG UNTIL THE PAX WAS PROPERLY IN A SEAT WITH BELT FASTENED. FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT THE PAX WAS VIOLENTLY SICK AND WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE LAVATORY PRIOR TO LNDG. FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO BOTHER US DURING OUR LNDG PHASE. THANK YOU.
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.