Flight attendant report on passenger smoke in lavatory on MD80 mia-ord.

Attributes
ACN	437011
Time
Date	199905
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zau.airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc tower : cvg.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3.5 flight attendant time total : 3.5 flight attendant time type : 85
ASRS Report	437011
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger was observed smoking in aft lavatory. Passenger was covering smoke detector. No alarm sounded. Passenger was warned regarding his actions in both english and spanish, but was not responding. Passenger returned to his seat and no further incident occurred. Captain was advised and lavatories checked (trash) for burning cigarettes. Customer service manager met flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON PAX SMOKE IN LAVATORY ON MD80 MIA-ORD.

Narrative: PAX WAS OBSERVED SMOKING IN AFT LAVATORY. PAX WAS COVERING SMOKE DETECTOR. NO ALARM SOUNDED. PAX WAS WARNED REGARDING HIS ACTIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT WAS NOT RESPONDING. PAX RETURNED TO HIS SEAT AND NO FURTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED. CAPT WAS ADVISED AND LAVATORIES CHKED (TRASH) FOR BURNING CIGARETTES. CUSTOMER SVC MGR MET FLT.

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.