Flight attendant report, DC10, jfk-sfo, passenger smoking in lavatory and in seat.

Attributes
ACN	437944
Time
Date	199905
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zau.artcc
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 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 : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 0.11 flight attendant time total : 0.11
ASRS Report	437944
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger was smoking in lavatory and was being talked to by #1 flight attendant and warned. Approximately 1 hour later, he smoked a cigarette in his seat. One flight attendant took the cigarette away, and he was again being talked to by #1 flight attendant. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the passenger somehow deactivated the smoke alarm, because it didn't go off and that smoke was billowing out of the lavatory. The passenger was arrested on arrival for smoking both in the lavatory and at his seat, defying orders from the purser to stop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, DC10, JFK-SFO, PAX SMOKING IN LAVATORY AND IN SEAT.

Narrative: PAX WAS SMOKING IN LAVATORY AND WAS BEING TALKED TO BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND WARNED. APPROX 1 HR LATER, HE SMOKED A CIGARETTE IN HIS SEAT. ONE FLT ATTENDANT TOOK THE CIGARETTE AWAY, AND HE WAS AGAIN BEING TALKED TO BY #1 FLT ATTENDANT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE PAX SOMEHOW DEACTIVATED THE SMOKE ALARM, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GO OFF AND THAT SMOKE WAS BILLOWING OUT OF THE LAVATORY. THE PAX WAS ARRESTED ON ARR FOR SMOKING BOTH IN THE LAVATORY AND AT HIS SEAT, DEFYING ORDERS FROM THE PURSER TO STOP.

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.