Narrative:

Climbing through 13000 ft from rsw to mdw, flight attendant called and informed me that L2 door (left aft galley door) had a loud air noise. Noticed cabin climbing 2000 FPM. Requested center to stop climb at 15000 ft. Maintained cabin at 8000 ft. Requested center for vectors to dump 15000 pounds of fuel to reduce to landing weight of 160000 pounds. Landed at pie after fuel dump and repaired problem by maintenance at pie. Maintenance found bottom of L2 door not seated properly. Door was secured and latched with no door light illuminated in cockpit prior to departure from rsw. Maintenance at pie cleaned door seal. Checked pressurization on ground and cleared write-up in log. Reboarded passenger and departed for mdw with no further problems. Supplemental information from acn 464237: we never declared an emergency. No warning lights were ever illuminated. Supplemental information from acn 464138: during this whole ordeal there was an unruly passenger in back that was interfering with the flight attendant's duties. Upon landing, we deplaned passenger and had security meet the passenger. Maintenance found door had not been seated properly in rsw by ground service personnel. The unruly passenger called the press in chicago and the whole safe, precautionary situation was turned into a fiasco. The media turned all facts into lies. I think the ground service personnel should be 'checked out' on the closing of these doors to prevent future problems. Unfortunately, the flight attendants could not warn us any sooner (on ground) because most doors have some air leakage on ground until the aircraft seals begin to close door gap when aircraft is pressurizing during flight, so they felt there was no problem. The cabin and cockpit crews did everything in a professional manner and the whole situation was blown out of proportion.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 IS FORCED TO LAND AT PIE ENRTE TO MDW WHEN THE CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS A LOUD RUSHING SOUND FROM THE L2 DOOR IN CABIN. ZMA, FL.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 13000 FT FROM RSW TO MDW, FLT ATTENDANT CALLED AND INFORMED ME THAT L2 DOOR (L AFT GALLEY DOOR) HAD A LOUD AIR NOISE. NOTICED CABIN CLBING 2000 FPM. REQUESTED CTR TO STOP CLB AT 15000 FT. MAINTAINED CABIN AT 8000 FT. REQUESTED CTR FOR VECTORS TO DUMP 15000 LBS OF FUEL TO REDUCE TO LNDG WT OF 160000 LBS. LANDED AT PIE AFTER FUEL DUMP AND REPAIRED PROB BY MAINT AT PIE. MAINT FOUND BOTTOM OF L2 DOOR NOT SEATED PROPERLY. DOOR WAS SECURED AND LATCHED WITH NO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN COCKPIT PRIOR TO DEP FROM RSW. MAINT AT PIE CLEANED DOOR SEAL. CHKED PRESSURIZATION ON GND AND CLRED WRITE-UP IN LOG. REBOARDED PAX AND DEPARTED FOR MDW WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464237: WE NEVER DECLARED AN EMER. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE EVER ILLUMINATED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464138: DURING THIS WHOLE ORDEAL THERE WAS AN UNRULY PAX IN BACK THAT WAS INTERFERING WITH THE FLT ATTENDANT'S DUTIES. UPON LNDG, WE DEPLANED PAX AND HAD SECURITY MEET THE PAX. MAINT FOUND DOOR HAD NOT BEEN SEATED PROPERLY IN RSW BY GND SVC PERSONNEL. THE UNRULY PAX CALLED THE PRESS IN CHICAGO AND THE WHOLE SAFE, PRECAUTIONARY SIT WAS TURNED INTO A FIASCO. THE MEDIA TURNED ALL FACTS INTO LIES. I THINK THE GND SVC PERSONNEL SHOULD BE 'CHKED OUT' ON THE CLOSING OF THESE DOORS TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLT ATTENDANTS COULD NOT WARN US ANY SOONER (ON GND) BECAUSE MOST DOORS HAVE SOME AIR LEAKAGE ON GND UNTIL THE ACFT SEALS BEGIN TO CLOSE DOOR GAP WHEN ACFT IS PRESSURIZING DURING FLT, SO THEY FELT THERE WAS NO PROB. THE CABIN AND COCKPIT CREWS DID EVERYTHING IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND THE WHOLE SIT WAS BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION.

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.