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Multiple flight attendant report, B767-300, lax-jfk, divert to kansas city for passenger with chest pains, passenger removed, flight continued.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 443537 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zkc.artcc |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| 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 : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 13 flight attendant time total : 13 flight attendant time type : 85 |
| ASRS Report | 443537 |
| Person 2 | |
| 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 : 26 flight attendant time total : 26 flight attendant time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 441966 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other other : #1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was working in the aft galley, so everything I know is from other flight attendants telling me. Shortly after boarding and before takeoff, one of the passenger who was overweight told one of the flight attendants, that she had heart problems and was on medication. The flight attendant asked if she had her medication, she said it was in her suitcase that she had checked. Right after the meal service, she was complaining of chest discomfort. The purser paged for a doctor and a doctor came forward to check the passenger. The captain told me he talked to the doctor and the doctor advised him that we needed to land the aircraft. We were in the middle of nowhere, and I got a call from the purser saying 'close everything up, we're landing in 20 mins.' we landed in kansas city. The paramedics came onboard and took off the passenger and her husband. We were on the ground about 45 mins before we took off again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MULTIPLE FLT ATTENDANT RPT, B767-300, LAX-JFK, DIVERT TO KANSAS CITY FOR PAX WITH CHEST PAINS, PAX REMOVED, FLT CONTINUED.
Narrative: I WAS WORKING IN THE AFT GALLEY, SO EVERYTHING I KNOW IS FROM OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS TELLING ME. SHORTLY AFTER BOARDING AND BEFORE TKOF, ONE OF THE PAX WHO WAS OVERWT TOLD ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS, THAT SHE HAD HEART PROBS AND WAS ON MEDICATION. THE FLT ATTENDANT ASKED IF SHE HAD HER MEDICATION, SHE SAID IT WAS IN HER SUITCASE THAT SHE HAD CHKED. RIGHT AFTER THE MEAL SVC, SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF CHEST DISCOMFORT. THE PURSER PAGED FOR A DOCTOR AND A DOCTOR CAME FORWARD TO CHK THE PAX. THE CAPT TOLD ME HE TALKED TO THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR ADVISED HIM THAT WE NEEDED TO LAND THE ACFT. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND I GOT A CALL FROM THE PURSER SAYING 'CLOSE EVERYTHING UP, WE'RE LNDG IN 20 MINS.' WE LANDED IN KANSAS CITY. THE PARAMEDICS CAME ONBOARD AND TOOK OFF THE PAX AND HER HUSBAND. WE WERE ON THE GND ABOUT 45 MINS BEFORE 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.