Flight attendant report regarding a passenger who seemed very distraught and at times appeared to be...

Attributes
ACN	431727
Time
Date	199903
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 10 flight attendant time total : 10 flight attendant time type : 10
ASRS Report	431727
Person 2
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger illness
Independent Detector	other other : cab 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Male passenger stated me, me, me, I need help. He said he wanted 6 aspirin. We told him we could only give him 2. He said his wife had left him, and she had his daughter. He said he didn't know where they were. He said he was on his way to mexico city, mexico, for his father's funeral. Passenger became very upset, stating in a loud tone, yelling at times, he didn't want to live. He was very upset, irrational. He said he wanted to die. He looked as if he had taken some type of drug. I asked him if he had taken any type of drug, he said no. His actions led me to feel he had taken some drugs of some type. He was traveling with no bags, or personal items. The police and emt's met the flight. He fell to the floor and hit his head and face on the floor. He struck his face on the floor several times before we stopped him. Passenger, mr X of mexico city, was taken to hospital and placed in a mental unit for treatment. Emt's said he would be treated in the hospital for the face and nose wounds he caused to himself.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A PAX WHO SEEMED VERY DISTRAUGHT AND AT TIMES APPEARED TO BE ON DRUGS. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED AND MET THE ACFT.

Narrative: MALE PAX STATED ME, ME, ME, I NEED HELP. HE SAID HE WANTED 6 ASPIRIN. WE TOLD HIM WE COULD ONLY GIVE HIM 2. HE SAID HIS WIFE HAD LEFT HIM, AND SHE HAD HIS DAUGHTER. HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE. HE SAID HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, FOR HIS FATHER'S FUNERAL. PAX BECAME VERY UPSET, STATING IN A LOUD TONE, YELLING AT TIMES, HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE. HE WAS VERY UPSET, IRRATIONAL. HE SAID HE WANTED TO DIE. HE LOOKED AS IF HE HAD TAKEN SOME TYPE OF DRUG. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD TAKEN ANY TYPE OF DRUG, HE SAID NO. HIS ACTIONS LED ME TO FEEL HE HAD TAKEN SOME DRUGS OF SOME TYPE. HE WAS TRAVELING WITH NO BAGS, OR PERSONAL ITEMS. THE POLICE AND EMT'S MET THE FLT. HE FELL TO THE FLOOR AND HIT HIS HEAD AND FACE ON THE FLOOR. HE STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE FLOOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WE STOPPED HIM. PAX, MR X OF MEXICO CITY, WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND PLACED IN A MENTAL UNIT FOR TREATMENT. EMT'S SAID HE WOULD BE TREATED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE FACE AND NOSE WOUNDS HE CAUSED TO HIMSELF.

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.

Flight attendant report regarding a passenger who seemed very distraught and at times appeared to be on drugs. Medical assistance was called and met the aircraft.