B777-200 crew had an involuntarily boarded passenger who was being deported. Passenger cut his wrist...

Attributes
ACN	524316
Time
Date	200106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 35 flight attendant time total : 35 flight attendant time type : 60
ASRS Report	524316
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger contraband cabin event : passenger misconduct
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Passenger Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

On push back from gate (ZZZ), flight attendant #6 called from jumpseat and said deportee was screaming, running up the aisle with his arm bleeding. I informed cockpit and went to the back cabin. I made PA to disarm all exits and told cockpit we need help in cabin now. Pilots knocked passenger to floor at seat xyz, handcuffed passenger, and authorities took over. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the flight attendant was the chief purser on the flight. She stated that two INS agents escorted the deportee onto the flight. They insisted that she take the deportee paperwork and passport to give to the officials at the foreign airport. She asked the agents if the deportee had been pat down searched, if he had been through a metal detector, and if he was dangerous. The INS agents said that he had been pat down searched, had been through a metal detector, and was not dangerous. The agents stayed at the aircraft boarding door until the aircraft door was closed and the aircraft pushed back from the gate. At that point, they disappeared. When the deportee was on the aircraft, he began to walk through the cabin and started to go through the overhead bins. The purser thought he was trying to find purses with money that could be stolen. The purser then told the deportee that he must take his seat. After pushback the deportee was seen running from the lavatory bleeding profusely. Three flight attendant's attempted to stop him and were unsuccessful. Only when assisted by the two relief pilots were they able to subdue the deportee. The captain returned to the gate with law enforcement meeting the flight. At this time, the purser was informed that the deportee had arrived the day before from a foreign location and was being returned there because he had a forged passport. When the aircraft was searched, a 'box cutter' was found in the lavatory trash bin with blood all over it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777-200 CREW HAD AN INVOLUNTARILY BOARDED PAX WHO WAS BEING DEPORTED. PAX CUT HIS WRIST WITH A 'BOX CUTTER' THAT HE APPARENTLY CARRIED ABOARD THE ACFT.

Narrative: ON PUSH BACK FROM GATE (ZZZ), FA #6 CALLED FROM JUMPSEAT AND SAID DEPORTEE WAS SCREAMING, RUNNING UP THE AISLE WITH HIS ARM BLEEDING. I INFORMED COCKPIT AND WENT TO THE BACK CABIN. I MADE PA TO DISARM ALL EXITS AND TOLD COCKPIT WE NEED HELP IN CABIN NOW. PLTS KNOCKED PAX TO FLOOR AT SEAT XYZ, HANDCUFFED PAX, AND AUTHORITIES TOOK OVER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FA WAS THE CHIEF PURSER ON THE FLT. SHE STATED THAT TWO INS AGENTS ESCORTED THE DEPORTEE ONTO THE FLT. THEY INSISTED THAT SHE TAKE THE DEPORTEE PAPERWORK AND PASSPORT TO GIVE TO THE OFFICIALS AT THE FOREIGN ARPT. SHE ASKED THE AGENTS IF THE DEPORTEE HAD BEEN PAT DOWN SEARCHED, IF HE HAD BEEN THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR, AND IF HE WAS DANGEROUS. THE INS AGENTS SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN PAT DOWN SEARCHED, HAD BEEN THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR, AND WAS NOT DANGEROUS. THE AGENTS STAYED AT THE ACFT BOARDING DOOR UNTIL THE ACFT DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE ACFT PUSHED BACK FROM THE GATE. AT THAT POINT, THEY DISAPPEARED. WHEN THE DEPORTEE WAS ON THE ACFT, HE BEGAN TO WALK THROUGH THE CABIN AND STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE OVERHEAD BINS. THE PURSER THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO FIND PURSES WITH MONEY THAT COULD BE STOLEN. THE PURSER THEN TOLD THE DEPORTEE THAT HE MUST TAKE HIS SEAT. AFTER PUSHBACK THE DEPORTEE WAS SEEN RUNNING FROM THE LAVATORY BLEEDING PROFUSELY. THREE FA'S ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIM AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ONLY WHEN ASSISTED BY THE TWO RELIEF PLTS WERE THEY ABLE TO SUBDUE THE DEPORTEE. THE CAPT RETURNED TO THE GATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING THE FLT. AT THIS TIME, THE PURSER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEPORTEE HAD ARRIVED THE DAY BEFORE FROM A FOREIGN LOCATION AND WAS BEING RETURNED THERE BECAUSE HE HAD A FORGED PASSPORT. WHEN THE ACFT WAS SEARCHED, A 'BOX CUTTER' WAS FOUND IN THE LAVATORY TRASH BIN WITH BLOOD ALL OVER IT.

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.

B777-200 crew had an involuntarily boarded passenger who was being deported. Passenger cut his wrist with a 'box cutter' that he apparently carried aboard the aircraft.