Narrative:

On aug/xa/98 I was #3 flight attendant working flight ord-bos. During the beverage service in main cabin, the lights on the aircraft went on and off twice. Moments later, the #1 flight attendant was called to cockpit and informed we had lost an engine, and prepare the cabin for immediate landing, diverting to alb. #1 flight attendant asked if there was need to brief passenger for emergency landing and captain informed #1 flight attendant he would keep him informed. Captain proceeded with normal landing into alb airport. We did have a normal approach as well as landing. Both #1 flight attendant and myself had total confidence as to what to do in case of an emergency, since we had only graduated from training weeks before. As we were parked at the gate, the lights again went totally black for about 1 min, maybe less. The passenger were completely calm and complied with all instructions, including deplaning from aft tailcone airstairs. The first officer was at bottom of airstairs directing passenger to another aircraft across the tarmac to another gate, which the passenger also boarded the second aircraft from the aft airstairs. Flight attendants #2 and #4 had exited first to board the second aircraft before passenger. Flight attendants #1, #3, and myself boarded as soon as all passenger deplaned. We boarded second aircraft from jetbridge to board from forward galley area and first class cabin. Boarding was long, but uneventful. Most passenger were tired but complacent. Our normal landing and deplaning in boston was organized and uneventful, and most all passenger thanked us personally for our professionalism. Supplemental information from acn 412660: gate agent was on and told passenger ahead of time we would deplane out of tailcone stairs.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT CRUISE ON BOARD MD80S ACFT ENG SHUT DOWN DUE TO MECHANICAL PROB. ACFT DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE FOR MAINT. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Narrative: ON AUG/XA/98 I WAS #3 FLT ATTENDANT WORKING FLT ORD-BOS. DURING THE BEVERAGE SVC IN MAIN CABIN, THE LIGHTS ON THE ACFT WENT ON AND OFF TWICE. MOMENTS LATER, THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT WAS CALLED TO COCKPIT AND INFORMED WE HAD LOST AN ENG, AND PREPARE THE CABIN FOR IMMEDIATE LNDG, DIVERTING TO ALB. #1 FLT ATTENDANT ASKED IF THERE WAS NEED TO BRIEF PAX FOR EMER LNDG AND CAPT INFORMED #1 FLT ATTENDANT HE WOULD KEEP HIM INFORMED. CAPT PROCEEDED WITH NORMAL LNDG INTO ALB ARPT. WE DID HAVE A NORMAL APCH AS WELL AS LNDG. BOTH #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND MYSELF HAD TOTAL CONFIDENCE AS TO WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN EMER, SINCE WE HAD ONLY GRADUATED FROM TRAINING WKS BEFORE. AS WE WERE PARKED AT THE GATE, THE LIGHTS AGAIN WENT TOTALLY BLACK FOR ABOUT 1 MIN, MAYBE LESS. THE PAX WERE COMPLETELY CALM AND COMPLIED WITH ALL INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING DEPLANING FROM AFT TAILCONE AIRSTAIRS. THE FO WAS AT BOTTOM OF AIRSTAIRS DIRECTING PAX TO ANOTHER ACFT ACROSS THE TARMAC TO ANOTHER GATE, WHICH THE PAX ALSO BOARDED THE SECOND ACFT FROM THE AFT AIRSTAIRS. FLT ATTENDANTS #2 AND #4 HAD EXITED FIRST TO BOARD THE SECOND ACFT BEFORE PAX. FLT ATTENDANTS #1, #3, AND MYSELF BOARDED AS SOON AS ALL PAX DEPLANED. WE BOARDED SECOND ACFT FROM JETBRIDGE TO BOARD FROM FORWARD GALLEY AREA AND FIRST CLASS CABIN. BOARDING WAS LONG, BUT UNEVENTFUL. MOST PAX WERE TIRED BUT COMPLACENT. OUR NORMAL LNDG AND DEPLANING IN BOSTON WAS ORGANIZED AND UNEVENTFUL, AND MOST ALL PAX THANKED US PERSONALLY FOR OUR PROFESSIONALISM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 412660: GATE AGENT WAS ON AND TOLD PAX AHEAD OF TIME WE WOULD DEPLANE OUT OF TAILCONE STAIRS.

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.