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Flight attendant report regarding a decompression problem with emergency descent. Due to the incident, flight attendant complained of light head and dizziness, and was removed from trip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 413250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | 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 | 413250 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
The only problem I experienced was my oxygen. When I got it out of the compartment, there were a lot of rubber bands around it. I couldn't get them undone. I had to take oxygen from overhead. The #3 flight attendant helped me get the rubber bands off and then I could use the oxygen. I was talking with some first class passenger when the #3 flight attendant told me that the captain said the masks might drop. I went to the cockpit and they had their masks on. He told me that he was dropping the masks and we should take oxygen. I called the flight attendants in back. The captain made a PA. I turned the lights on bright -- went for the oxygen, ended up using a mask, made my PA and then we checked the passenger. It felt like we were descending gradually, but when the masks dropped we descended faster. The captain said that the air conditioning pack had shut down and the back-up wasn't working right. We continued to bos. No passenger were injured. #2 flight attendant (who is on blood pressure medicine) felt lightheaded and dizzy. She was removed from the trip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A DECOMPRESSION PROB WITH EMER DSCNT. DUE TO THE INCIDENT, FLT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED OF LIGHT HEAD AND DIZZINESS, AND WAS REMOVED FROM TRIP.
Narrative: THE ONLY PROB I EXPERIENCED WAS MY OXYGEN. WHEN I GOT IT OUT OF THE COMPARTMENT, THERE WERE A LOT OF RUBBER BANDS AROUND IT. I COULDN'T GET THEM UNDONE. I HAD TO TAKE OXYGEN FROM OVERHEAD. THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT HELPED ME GET THE RUBBER BANDS OFF AND THEN I COULD USE THE OXYGEN. I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FIRST CLASS PAX WHEN THE #3 FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT THE CAPT SAID THE MASKS MIGHT DROP. I WENT TO THE COCKPIT AND THEY HAD THEIR MASKS ON. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DROPPING THE MASKS AND WE SHOULD TAKE OXYGEN. I CALLED THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN BACK. THE CAPT MADE A PA. I TURNED THE LIGHTS ON BRIGHT -- WENT FOR THE OXYGEN, ENDED UP USING A MASK, MADE MY PA AND THEN WE CHKED THE PAX. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE DSNDING GRADUALLY, BUT WHEN THE MASKS DROPPED WE DSNDED FASTER. THE CAPT SAID THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING PACK HAD SHUT DOWN AND THE BACK-UP WASN'T WORKING RIGHT. WE CONTINUED TO BOS. NO PAX WERE INJURED. #2 FLT ATTENDANT (WHO IS ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE) FELT LIGHTHEADED AND DIZZY. SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRIP.
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.