Narrative:

We had taken off from jfk and had gotten to our cruising altitude, when the captain informed the crew that we would be encountering turbulence, and we should secure the cabin and take our jump seats. The purser made the appropriate PA, and we did our compliance checks. When I headed for my jump seat, I found 2 flight attendants and a passenger in front of my jump seat. The passenger seemed to be inebriated and was refusing to return to his seat. His speech was incomprehensible and one of the flight attendants was trying to speak to him in spanish. Eventually, the first officer came back and tried to explain to him that he must take his seat or we would have him met by the auths in sdq. The passenger finally said he needed to use the lavatory, and as soon as he closed the door, we could smell smoke coming from the lavatory. When the passenger opened the door, we found that he had put a cigarette in the toilet and had urinated all over the floor. The passenger was helped back to his seat and eventually passed out. First officer explained that due to the weight of the aircraft, it was too dangerous to go back to jfk and take the passenger off. The captain asked us to make sure the passenger stayed in his seat, and that the auths would meet the flight in sdq. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said the passenger was boarded intoxicated and continued to drink out of his own bottle, which was eventually confiscated by another flight attendant. The reporter couldn't situation in her own jump seat for the turbulence, because this man and the 2 flight attendants were in a confrontation in front of it. The flight attendants called the cockpit and demanded that they go back to jfk and remove the man, so the first officer came back to see for himself the seriousness of the situation. He explained that they couldn't dump fuel to go back, because of the nature of the airbus, and they would have to land 'heavy.' this would entail a lengthy delay for the mechanics to make a thorough inspection. When the man smoked in the lavatory, the smoke alarm never went off. The man was met in santo domingo by men in uniforms, but she didn't know exactly who they were, but they seemed to be very unconcerned about the whole matter.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, A300, JFK-SDQ. AFTER TKOF, INTOXICATED PAX REFUSED TO TAKE SEAT FOR TURB, SMOKED IN LAVATORY, URINATED ON FLOOR. SDQ AUTHS CALLED.

Narrative: WE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM JFK AND HAD GOTTEN TO OUR CRUISING ALT, WHEN THE CAPT INFORMED THE CREW THAT WE WOULD BE ENCOUNTERING TURB, AND WE SHOULD SECURE THE CABIN AND TAKE OUR JUMP SEATS. THE PURSER MADE THE APPROPRIATE PA, AND WE DID OUR COMPLIANCE CHKS. WHEN I HEADED FOR MY JUMP SEAT, I FOUND 2 FLT ATTENDANTS AND A PAX IN FRONT OF MY JUMP SEAT. THE PAX SEEMED TO BE INEBRIATED AND WAS REFUSING TO RETURN TO HIS SEAT. HIS SPEECH WAS INCOMPREHENSIBLE AND ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS WAS TRYING TO SPEAK TO HIM IN SPANISH. EVENTUALLY, THE FO CAME BACK AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT HE MUST TAKE HIS SEAT OR WE WOULD HAVE HIM MET BY THE AUTHS IN SDQ. THE PAX FINALLY SAID HE NEEDED TO USE THE LAVATORY, AND AS SOON AS HE CLOSED THE DOOR, WE COULD SMELL SMOKE COMING FROM THE LAVATORY. WHEN THE PAX OPENED THE DOOR, WE FOUND THAT HE HAD PUT A CIGARETTE IN THE TOILET AND HAD URINATED ALL OVER THE FLOOR. THE PAX WAS HELPED BACK TO HIS SEAT AND EVENTUALLY PASSED OUT. FO EXPLAINED THAT DUE TO THE WT OF THE ACFT, IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO GO BACK TO JFK AND TAKE THE PAX OFF. THE CAPT ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THE PAX STAYED IN HIS SEAT, AND THAT THE AUTHS WOULD MEET THE FLT IN SDQ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THE PAX WAS BOARDED INTOXICATED AND CONTINUED TO DRINK OUT OF HIS OWN BOTTLE, WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY CONFISCATED BY ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT. THE RPTR COULDN'T SIT IN HER OWN JUMP SEAT FOR THE TURB, BECAUSE THIS MAN AND THE 2 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE IN A CONFRONTATION IN FRONT OF IT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED THE COCKPIT AND DEMANDED THAT THEY GO BACK TO JFK AND REMOVE THE MAN, SO THE FO CAME BACK TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SIT. HE EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULDN'T DUMP FUEL TO GO BACK, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE AIRBUS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO LAND 'HVY.' THIS WOULD ENTAIL A LENGTHY DELAY FOR THE MECHS TO MAKE A THOROUGH INSPECTION. WHEN THE MAN SMOKED IN THE LAVATORY, THE SMOKE ALARM NEVER WENT OFF. THE MAN WAS MET IN SANTO DOMINGO BY MEN IN UNIFORMS, BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY WERE, BUT THEY SEEMED TO BE VERY UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE WHOLE MATTER.

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.