Flight attendant report regarding a door seal that malfunctioned causing a return land situation.

Attributes
ACN	431019
Time
Date	199902
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 0.75 flight attendant time total : 10 flight attendant time type : 50
ASRS Report	431019
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 : door warning other flight crewa other other : cab 1
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During taxi captain called 4L and asked flight attendant to check door handle. When flight attendant at 4L pushed down on the handle the indicator light in the cockpit was ok. We took off and the door handle popped up and the cockpit light came on again. The flight attendant held the handle down while the captain turned around and landed back in ord. Maintenance said that a seal was stuck in the air seal. After a 2-3 hour delay we took off again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A DOOR SEAL THAT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING A RETURN LAND SIT.

Narrative: DURING TAXI CAPT CALLED 4L AND ASKED FLT ATTENDANT TO CHK DOOR HANDLE. WHEN FLT ATTENDANT AT 4L PUSHED DOWN ON THE HANDLE THE INDICATOR LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT WAS OK. WE TOOK OFF AND THE DOOR HANDLE POPPED UP AND THE COCKPIT LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE FLT ATTENDANT HELD THE HANDLE DOWN WHILE THE CAPT TURNED AROUND AND LANDED BACK IN ORD. MAINT SAID THAT A SEAL WAS STUCK IN THE AIR SEAL. AFTER A 2-3 HR DELAY WE TOOK OFF AGAIN.

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.