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Attributes | |
ACN | 464598 |
Time | |
Date | 200002 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw.artcc |
State Reference | TX |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
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 : 10 flight attendant time total : 10 flight attendant time type : 70 |
ASRS Report | 464598 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
Independent Detector | other other : 5 |
Resolutory Action | other |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
A passenger came to the back of the aircraft to tell us the 'man seated in xx took all of his clothes off and is just sitting there.' the #1 flight attendant went to check out the situation. He then went to the cockpit to advise them. When aircraft landed, the police came on and made the passenger put his pants on, took him onto the jet bridge and handcuffed him. (While passenger was seated/naked he was reading a bible and listening to music.) callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the man never got out of his seat the whole time, until the police forced him to get up on arrival in dallas, where they handcuffed him and got his pants back on. When the purser asked him if he had the right seat and asked what his name was, he sang his name back, instead of stating it. A woman sitting in the window seat of the same row, crawled over the back of the seats to get to her friends, who sere sitting behind her. Other than that, the rest of the passenger considered it a big joke, and actually considered themselves lucky to have had such a memorable flight. The reporter found out from one of the man's co-workers that he was going to cabo san lucas for a convention. The man, evidently, had had a nervous breakdown after his wife left him and his kids. The reporter heard that the police took him to a mental hospital.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, S80, IAH-DFW. PAX TOOK CLOTHES OFF, REFUSED TO PUT THEM BACK ON. SAT IN SEAT READING THE BIBLE. POLICE MET FLT, TOOK HIM OFF IN HANDCUFFS.
Narrative: A PAX CAME TO THE BACK OF THE ACFT TO TELL US THE 'MAN SEATED IN XX TOOK ALL OF HIS CLOTHES OFF AND IS JUST SITTING THERE.' THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT WENT TO CHK OUT THE SIT. HE THEN WENT TO THE COCKPIT TO ADVISE THEM. WHEN ACFT LANDED, THE POLICE CAME ON AND MADE THE PAX PUT HIS PANTS ON, TOOK HIM ONTO THE JET BRIDGE AND HANDCUFFED HIM. (WHILE PAX WAS SEATED/NAKED HE WAS READING A BIBLE AND LISTENING TO MUSIC.) CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE MAN NEVER GOT OUT OF HIS SEAT THE WHOLE TIME, UNTIL THE POLICE FORCED HIM TO GET UP ON ARR IN DALLAS, WHERE THEY HANDCUFFED HIM AND GOT HIS PANTS BACK ON. WHEN THE PURSER ASKED HIM IF HE HAD THE RIGHT SEAT AND ASKED WHAT HIS NAME WAS, HE SANG HIS NAME BACK, INSTEAD OF STATING IT. A WOMAN SITTING IN THE WINDOW SEAT OF THE SAME ROW, CRAWLED OVER THE BACK OF THE SEATS TO GET TO HER FRIENDS, WHO SERE SITTING BEHIND HER. OTHER THAN THAT, THE REST OF THE PAX CONSIDERED IT A BIG JOKE, AND ACTUALLY CONSIDERED THEMSELVES LUCKY TO HAVE HAD SUCH A MEMORABLE FLT. THE RPTR FOUND OUT FROM ONE OF THE MAN'S CO-WORKERS THAT HE WAS GOING TO CABO SAN LUCAS FOR A CONVENTION. THE MAN, EVIDENTLY, HAD HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AFTER HIS WIFE LEFT HIM AND HIS KIDS. THE RPTR HEARD THAT THE POLICE TOOK HIM TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
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.