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On the ground on a 5 hour delay onboard B727-200, cabin crew became exposed to chicken pox from a passenger onboard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411137 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sju |
| State Reference | PR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 411137 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
All passenger and crew members on flight in aug/xx/98, from sju to phl were exposed to chicken pox from an infant toddler passenger. The mother told me after I questioned her that the spots all over the infant's face, legs, arms were mosquito bites. We were on the aircraft with the passenger for 5 hours due to a mechanical delay out of sju. I was in direct contact with the infant throughout the flight. The infant was a lap child, the mother's seat was xxe. A company supervisor met our flight when we returned to our home base the next day and advised us to call our medical department in case we needed to file for an injury on duty because of possible exposure. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that she first noticed the child on boarding as the child was an in lap seated in the area the reporter was working. The situation was compounded by the fact that the cabin crew was onboard on the ground with passenger for 5 hours due to a mechanical problem in addition to the flight time. Reporter could not remember the nature of the mechanical problem that kept the passenger onboard for such a long time. However, the long duration of time was cause of concern due to the obvious infectious state of the child.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON THE GND ON A 5 HR DELAY ONBOARD B727-200, CABIN CREW BECAME EXPOSED TO CHICKEN POX FROM A PAX ONBOARD.
Narrative: ALL PAX AND CREW MEMBERS ON FLT IN AUG/XX/98, FROM SJU TO PHL WERE EXPOSED TO CHICKEN POX FROM AN INFANT TODDLER PAX. THE MOTHER TOLD ME AFTER I QUESTIONED HER THAT THE SPOTS ALL OVER THE INFANT'S FACE, LEGS, ARMS WERE MOSQUITO BITES. WE WERE ON THE ACFT WITH THE PAX FOR 5 HRS DUE TO A MECHANICAL DELAY OUT OF SJU. I WAS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE INFANT THROUGHOUT THE FLT. THE INFANT WAS A LAP CHILD, THE MOTHER'S SEAT WAS XXE. A COMPANY SUPVR MET OUR FLT WHEN WE RETURNED TO OUR HOME BASE THE NEXT DAY AND ADVISED US TO CALL OUR MEDICAL DEPT IN CASE WE NEEDED TO FILE FOR AN INJURY ON DUTY BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT SHE FIRST NOTICED THE CHILD ON BOARDING AS THE CHILD WAS AN IN LAP SEATED IN THE AREA THE RPTR WAS WORKING. THE SIT WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE CABIN CREW WAS ONBOARD ON THE GND WITH PAX FOR 5 HRS DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROB IN ADDITION TO THE FLT TIME. RPTR COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NATURE OF THE MECHANICAL PROB THAT KEPT THE PAX ONBOARD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. HOWEVER, THE LONG DURATION OF TIME WAS CAUSE OF CONCERN DUE TO THE OBVIOUS INFECTIOUS STATE OF THE CHILD.
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.