Narrative:

At the end of our meal service, the captain came on the PA to say we had a fuel problem and we were making an unscheduled landing in bna. Flight attendants were not advised of this prior to the PA. We had 10 mins to stow all equipment. No emergency landing procedures were accomplished because we were not told it was an emergency. Ground crash fire rescue equipment equipment was standing by. The passenger saw this on landing and were somewhat surprised/concerned. We sat on board with passenger over 2 hours while aircraft was being checked. The decision was made to change equipment and we continued on to dfw. We were contacted by dfw at service via the jetbridge phone and asked if all was well after our emergency landing. That was the first indication we had that it was classified as sick.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MULTIPLE CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, MD80, ORF-DFW. FUEL PROB, DIVERT TO BNA. CAPT DIDN'T TELL CABIN ATTENDANTS UNTIL PA TO PAX 10 MINS BEFORE LNDG, GIVING CABIN ATTENDANTS ON TIME TO PREPARE CABIN.

Narrative: AT THE END OF OUR MEAL SVC, THE CAPT CAME ON THE PA TO SAY WE HAD A FUEL PROB AND WE WERE MAKING AN UNSCHEDULED LNDG IN BNA. FLT ATTENDANTS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THIS PRIOR TO THE PA. WE HAD 10 MINS TO STOW ALL EQUIP. NO EMER LNDG PROCS WERE ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT TOLD IT WAS AN EMER. GND CFR EQUIP WAS STANDING BY. THE PAX SAW THIS ON LNDG AND WERE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED/CONCERNED. WE SAT ON BOARD WITH PAX OVER 2 HRS WHILE ACFT WAS BEING CHKED. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CHANGE EQUIP AND WE CONTINUED ON TO DFW. WE WERE CONTACTED BY DFW AT SVC VIA THE JETBRIDGE PHONE AND ASKED IF ALL WAS WELL AFTER OUR EMER LNDG. THAT WAS THE FIRST INDICATION WE HAD THAT IT WAS CLASSIFIED AS SICK.

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.