B737 flight crew has passenger standing during takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	557457
Time
Date	200208
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 13200 flight time type : 3900
ASRS Report	557457
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct
Independent Detector	other other : 3 flt att
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxiing out, I made announcement for flight attendants to be seated for takeoff. Seat belt sign was on. Flight attendants acknowledged they were seated. Around 6TH in line for takeoff. Eventually cleared for takeoff. As we began takeoff roll, flight attendant called flight deck and stated that a flight attendant and some passenger were standing. I informed the captain. He elected to continue the takeoff. The people standing sat in laps of seated people or held on to something during takeoff. Later in climb out, the forward flight attendant entered the flight deck to explain what happened. 2 passenger got out of their seats, one could not speak english, the other was ignorant of what they were doing. Flight attendant tried unsuccessfully to seat them, then the flight deck was called. English-understanding passenger was later talked to about their actions and understood the lesson learned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC HAS PAX STANDING DURING TKOF.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT, I MADE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FLT ATTENDANTS TO BE SEATED FOR TKOF. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON. FLT ATTENDANTS ACKNOWLEDGED THEY WERE SEATED. AROUND 6TH IN LINE FOR TKOF. EVENTUALLY CLRED FOR TKOF. AS WE BEGAN TKOF ROLL, FLT ATTENDANT CALLED FLT DECK AND STATED THAT A FLT ATTENDANT AND SOME PAX WERE STANDING. I INFORMED THE CAPT. HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TKOF. THE PEOPLE STANDING SAT IN LAPS OF SEATED PEOPLE OR HELD ON TO SOMETHING DURING TKOF. LATER IN CLBOUT, THE FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE FLT DECK TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. 2 PAX GOT OUT OF THEIR SEATS, ONE COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, THE OTHER WAS IGNORANT OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. FLT ATTENDANT TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO SEAT THEM, THEN THE FLT DECK WAS CALLED. ENGLISH-UNDERSTANDING PAX WAS LATER TALKED TO ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS AND UNDERSTOOD THE LESSON LEARNED.

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.