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Flight attendant on a B767-300 swallowed a fish bone during meal service causing her discomfort until much later after the flight when it finally became dislodged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 384810 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Swallowed fish bone from the business class entree red snapper. It stayed lodged in my throat until that night when eating, it finally dislodged. I did visit the emergency room of the british hospital but their ent specialist was not on duty. I was told to come back the next day if I was still in pain. I worked my return flight to jfk. Fish with many small bones should not be served on an aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT ON A B767-300 SWALLOWED A FISH BONE DURING MEAL SVC CAUSING HER DISCOMFORT UNTIL MUCH LATER AFTER THE FLT WHEN IT FINALLY BECAME DISLODGED.
Narrative: SWALLOWED FISH BONE FROM THE BUSINESS CLASS ENTREE RED SNAPPER. IT STAYED LODGED IN MY THROAT UNTIL THAT NIGHT WHEN EATING, IT FINALLY DISLODGED. I DID VISIT THE EMER ROOM OF THE BRITISH HOSPITAL BUT THEIR ENT SPECIALIST WAS NOT ON DUTY. I WAS TOLD TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY IF I WAS STILL IN PAIN. I WORKED MY RETURN FLT TO JFK. FISH WITH MANY SMALL BONES SHOULD NOT BE SERVED ON AN ACFT.
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.