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Cabin attendant report B777, lhr-jfk. Cabin attendant concern over using nearly all of solid state oxygen on plane and the heat, amount and disposal of used containers in lavatory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 488591 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny.artcc |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777 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 : 9 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 11 flight attendant time total : 11 flight attendant time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 488591 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : rprtr #3, cab #1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company FAA Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
A passenger was feeling ill and notified his wife. She stopped another flight attendant. An md was paged and responded. Aed was used to monitor the passenger. My concern was use of solid state oxygen -- the heat involved in used units and the disposal of these units in lavatories and the limited availability of oxygen. The passenger very nearly exhausted all of the passenger supply. Emt met the flight and escorted the passenger and his wife to a hospital. All professionals who met flight were very competent and helpful to the situation. My only concern as an observing flight attendant was the use of heat, and availability of the solid state oxygen units. These are only used on the B767 aircraft and are very limited in use and very dangerous. The md attending the passenger and subsequent contact with his md in rdu, thought that a previous heart attack might have happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT B777, LHR-JFK. CABIN ATTENDANT CONCERN OVER USING NEARLY ALL OF SOLID STATE OXYGEN ON PLANE AND THE HEAT, AMOUNT AND DISPOSAL OF USED CONTAINERS IN LAVATORY.
Narrative: A PAX WAS FEELING ILL AND NOTIFIED HIS WIFE. SHE STOPPED ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT. AN MD WAS PAGED AND RESPONDED. AED WAS USED TO MONITOR THE PAX. MY CONCERN WAS USE OF SOLID STATE OXYGEN -- THE HEAT INVOLVED IN USED UNITS AND THE DISPOSAL OF THESE UNITS IN LAVATORIES AND THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF OXYGEN. THE PAX VERY NEARLY EXHAUSTED ALL OF THE PAX SUPPLY. EMT MET THE FLT AND ESCORTED THE PAX AND HIS WIFE TO A HOSPITAL. ALL PROFESSIONALS WHO MET FLT WERE VERY COMPETENT AND HELPFUL TO THE SIT. MY ONLY CONCERN AS AN OBSERVING FLT ATTENDANT WAS THE USE OF HEAT, AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SOLID STATE OXYGEN UNITS. THESE ARE ONLY USED ON THE B767 ACFT AND ARE VERY LIMITED IN USE AND VERY DANGEROUS. THE MD ATTENDING THE PAX AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH HIS MD IN RDU, THOUGHT THAT A PREVIOUS HEART ATTACK MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
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.