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Attributes | |
ACN | 496300 |
Time | |
Date | 200012 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : bdl.airport |
State Reference | CT |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Weather Elements | Fog Ice Rain Thunderstorm Turbulence other |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bdl.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | A300 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level ground : parked |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 8 |
Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 5 flight attendant time total : 5 flight attendant time type : 50 |
ASRS Report | 496300 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | observation : passenger |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness cabin event : passenger misconduct inflight encounter : weather non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other other : cab #1 |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Airport Company Passenger Human Performance Weather |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
A passenger complained of being too warm, then became aggravated and abusive, so I let my other crew member assist because we had other occurrences happening around the aircraft, such as people trying to open doors and near riot conditions. Finally, with an rn and doctor and emt's, the passenger refused treatments. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that there was a doctor and an rn on board as passenger. The man had quite a medical history, and had at least 30 different prescriptions with him. He became abusive in the air and on the ground when the cabin crew refused him oxygen, because he didn't meet their airline's criteria for oxygen. He refused the emt's help in hartford, where they had diverted to overnight. The flight was supposed to go to bos, but bad WX and winds forced them to divert to hartford. Once on the ground in hartford, the airport had no gates to fit an A300, so they sat on the side of the field for hours. That's when the crew had a riot going on. 3 different men tried to open the doors and leave the plane, because they couldn't stand the heat and the waiting. When they finally deplaned, the reporter had the state police arrest the 3 men who tried to jump out of the plane. The whole crew and the passenger laid over in hartford, and they flew out the next day. The 'ill' man was one of the passenger and required no medical assistance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPT, A300, MIA-BOS. ABUSIVE ILL PAX REFUSED HELP FROM PAX MD AND RN. FLT DIVERTED TO BDL DUE TO BAD WX. WHILE HOLDING ON THE GND, 3 PAX WHO OPENED DOORS WERE ARRESTED IN BDL.
Narrative: A PAX COMPLAINED OF BEING TOO WARM, THEN BECAME AGGRAVATED AND ABUSIVE, SO I LET MY OTHER CREW MEMBER ASSIST BECAUSE WE HAD OTHER OCCURRENCES HAPPENING AROUND THE ACFT, SUCH AS PEOPLE TRYING TO OPEN DOORS AND NEAR RIOT CONDITIONS. FINALLY, WITH AN RN AND DOCTOR AND EMT'S, THE PAX REFUSED TREATMENTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THERE WAS A DOCTOR AND AN RN ON BOARD AS PAX. THE MAN HAD QUITE A MEDICAL HISTORY, AND HAD AT LEAST 30 DIFFERENT PRESCRIPTIONS WITH HIM. HE BECAME ABUSIVE IN THE AIR AND ON THE GND WHEN THE CABIN CREW REFUSED HIM OXYGEN, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MEET THEIR AIRLINE'S CRITERIA FOR OXYGEN. HE REFUSED THE EMT'S HELP IN HARTFORD, WHERE THEY HAD DIVERTED TO OVERNIGHT. THE FLT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO BOS, BUT BAD WX AND WINDS FORCED THEM TO DIVERT TO HARTFORD. ONCE ON THE GND IN HARTFORD, THE ARPT HAD NO GATES TO FIT AN A300, SO THEY SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELD FOR HRS. THAT'S WHEN THE CREW HAD A RIOT GOING ON. 3 DIFFERENT MEN TRIED TO OPEN THE DOORS AND LEAVE THE PLANE, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T STAND THE HEAT AND THE WAITING. WHEN THEY FINALLY DEPLANED, THE RPTR HAD THE STATE POLICE ARREST THE 3 MEN WHO TRIED TO JUMP OUT OF THE PLANE. THE WHOLE CREW AND THE PAX LAID OVER IN HARTFORD, AND THEY FLEW OUT THE NEXT DAY. THE 'ILL' MAN WAS ONE OF THE PAX AND REQUIRED NO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
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.