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Attributes | |
ACN | 431915 |
Time | |
Date | 199901 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : lfpo.airport |
State Reference | FO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : lfff.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B767-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 13 flight attendant time total : 13 flight attendant time type : 75 |
ASRS Report | 431915 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
No narrative supplied. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that they were over paris at the time of the incident, but company wanted them to continue to lhr since there was not sufficient maintenance at paris. The flight descended to 10000 ft and circled for 4 hours to burn off fuel. The passenger service was completed and the passenger handled the situation fairly well. They were rerted on other flts after landing. Once on the ground the crew was illegal to continue. Reporter states the flight crew did a fabulous job of keeping people informed. She was in the cockpit shortly after the windshield spidered and it was so bad the glue was seeping through the cracked areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B767-200 HEADED FOR AN OCEANIC XING WHEN THE WINDSHIELD SPIDERED SEVERELY. FLT DSNDED TO 10000 FT AND BURNED FUEL FOR 4 HRS PRIOR TO A DIVERT TO LHR.
Narrative: NO NARRATIVE SUPPLIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THEY WERE OVER PARIS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, BUT COMPANY WANTED THEM TO CONTINUE TO LHR SINCE THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT MAINT AT PARIS. THE FLT DSNDED TO 10000 FT AND CIRCLED FOR 4 HRS TO BURN OFF FUEL. THE PAX SVC WAS COMPLETED AND THE PAX HANDLED THE SIT FAIRLY WELL. THEY WERE RERTED ON OTHER FLTS AFTER LNDG. ONCE ON THE GND THE CREW WAS ILLEGAL TO CONTINUE. RPTR STATES THE FLC DID A FABULOUS JOB OF KEEPING PEOPLE INFORMED. SHE WAS IN THE COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER THE WINDSHIELD SPIDERED AND IT WAS SO BAD THE GLUE WAS SEEPING THROUGH THE CRACKED AREAS.
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.