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Flight attendant report, DC10, dfw-hnl, fuel leak, return to lax, flight canceled. Pilots went illegal, cabin crew did not, but had minimum rest.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 448619 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zla.artcc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla.artcc tracon : cvg.tracon |
| 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 : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 23 flight attendant time total : 23 flight attendant time type : 95 |
| ASRS Report | 448619 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab #1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft FAA |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Completing meal service in main cabin ready for movie to start. Informed of fuel leak and we would be turning around going back to lax. Landed 20-25 mins later. Kept passenger calm. Remained on taxiway for some time. Then we got a gate. Passenger were wanting off. After some time -- 40-45 mins -- passenger told to get off and change planes. We stowed catering equipment and went to the new plane DC10 (lower lobe). Cockpit went illegal, went to hotel. We were not released until XA00. Arrived hotel around XB00. Pick-up the next morning at XM30. Continued on to hnl, arrived XR45. Pick-up at hotel in hnl XR30 on aug/xb/99. Arrived dfw on aug/xc/99 at XA00. Returned home and that night I was exhausted -- more so than usual. The hours of sleep being different and not getting a good night's rest on the trip may have contributed to my restlessness or jet lag when I returned home. My next trip is not until aug/xg/99 and I need every bit of that to recover.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, DC10, DFW-HNL, FUEL LEAK, RETURN TO LAX, FLT CANCELED. PLTS WENT ILLEGAL, CABIN CREW DID NOT, BUT HAD MINIMUM REST.
Narrative: COMPLETING MEAL SVC IN MAIN CABIN READY FOR MOVIE TO START. INFORMED OF FUEL LEAK AND WE WOULD BE TURNING AROUND GOING BACK TO LAX. LANDED 20-25 MINS LATER. KEPT PAX CALM. REMAINED ON TXWY FOR SOME TIME. THEN WE GOT A GATE. PAX WERE WANTING OFF. AFTER SOME TIME -- 40-45 MINS -- PAX TOLD TO GET OFF AND CHANGE PLANES. WE STOWED CATERING EQUIP AND WENT TO THE NEW PLANE DC10 (LOWER LOBE). COCKPIT WENT ILLEGAL, WENT TO HOTEL. WE WERE NOT RELEASED UNTIL XA00. ARRIVED HOTEL AROUND XB00. PICK-UP THE NEXT MORNING AT XM30. CONTINUED ON TO HNL, ARRIVED XR45. PICK-UP AT HOTEL IN HNL XR30 ON AUG/XB/99. ARRIVED DFW ON AUG/XC/99 AT XA00. RETURNED HOME AND THAT NIGHT I WAS EXHAUSTED -- MORE SO THAN USUAL. THE HRS OF SLEEP BEING DIFFERENT AND NOT GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S REST ON THE TRIP MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MY RESTLESSNESS OR JET LAG WHEN I RETURNED HOME. MY NEXT TRIP IS NOT UNTIL AUG/XG/99 AND I NEED EVERY BIT OF THAT TO RECOVER.
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.