<< >> NASA ASRS Report 422317, December 1998

On a DC10 flight, cabin attendant noticed a passenger sitting on the jump seat. Purser was speaking to the passenger and then went to the cockpit. On return, it was announced that the aft lavatories smelled bad and passenger was allowed to situation on jump seat for landing.

Attributes
ACN	422317
Time
Date	199812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	422317
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was walking through the main cabin, r-hand side, and I noticed a passenger sitting on jump seat. I also observed flight attendant purser bent down talking to him. Then I saw her get up and go directly to the cockpit. I was then informed by flight attendant that he was sitting on the jump seat because the lavatories in the aft cabin smelled bad and he was going to situation there for landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON A DC10 FLT, CABIN ATTENDANT NOTICED A PAX SITTING ON THE JUMP SEAT. PURSER WAS SPEAKING TO THE PAX AND THEN WENT TO THE COCKPIT. ON RETURN, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE AFT LAVATORIES SMELLED BAD AND PAX WAS ALLOWED TO SIT ON JUMP SEAT FOR LNDG.

Narrative: I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN, R-HAND SIDE, AND I NOTICED A PAX SITTING ON JUMP SEAT. I ALSO OBSERVED FLT ATTENDANT PURSER BENT DOWN TALKING TO HIM. THEN I SAW HER GET UP AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE COCKPIT. I WAS THEN INFORMED BY FLT ATTENDANT THAT HE WAS SITTING ON THE JUMP SEAT BECAUSE THE LAVATORIES IN THE AFT CABIN SMELLED BAD AND HE WAS GOING TO SIT THERE FOR LNDG.

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.