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A passenger with reported alzheimer's disease becomes confused and grabs a hammer to use in an attempt to get out of the aircraft while at cruise altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 498458 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zoa.artcc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 30 flight attendant time total : 30 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 498458 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct cabin event : passenger illness |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
A man had alzheimer's and thought he was on a bus and wanted off. I thought he could be talked to, and tried to calm him down. He found ice hammer on a cart and hit the wall right even with my ear, then he hammered at a window trying to break the window, 2 passenger and myself and the flight engineer tackled him and I got the hammer away from him. (Take those ice hammers off the flts, they are weapons.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PAX WITH RPTED ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BECOMES CONFUSED AND GRABS A HAMMER TO USE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF THE ACFT WHILE AT CRUISE ALT.
Narrative: A MAN HAD ALZHEIMER'S AND THOUGHT HE WAS ON A BUS AND WANTED OFF. I THOUGHT HE COULD BE TALKED TO, AND TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN. HE FOUND ICE HAMMER ON A CART AND HIT THE WALL RIGHT EVEN WITH MY EAR, THEN HE HAMMERED AT A WINDOW TRYING TO BREAK THE WINDOW, 2 PAX AND MYSELF AND THE FE TACKLED HIM AND I GOT THE HAMMER AWAY FROM HIM. (TAKE THOSE ICE HAMMERS OFF THE FLTS, THEY ARE WEAPONS.)
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.