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Consuming to excess from own alcohol supply, passenger engaged in consenting co-mingling of body parts with unrelated seat mate and was unable to place her (airplane) seat in the full upright position without repeated urging. She got off abruptly after final approach and landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 581214 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zab.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zab.artcc tower : mia.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 13 flight attendant time total : 13 flight attendant time type : 40 |
| ASRS Report | 581214 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Non revenue passenger brought her own bottle on board. Found out about her by a passenger telling us about the bottle. Passenger next to her fondling her, acting like a couple. Was told at least twice to situation up for landing. Took her a while to gather her items up to deplane. I watched her. Very intoxicated. I spoke to the gentleman next to her. She was not allowed to drink her own liquor on board, I told him. She is now passed out. He denied that she was only sleeping. She deplaned abruptly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CONSUMING TO EXCESS FROM OWN ALCOHOL SUPPLY, PAX ENGAGED IN CONSENTING CO-MINGLING OF BODY PARTS WITH UNRELATED SEAT MATE AND WAS UNABLE TO PLACE HER (AIRPLANE) SEAT IN THE FULL UPRIGHT POS WITHOUT REPEATED URGING. SHE GOT OFF ABRUPTLY AFTER FINAL APCH AND LNDG.
Narrative: NON REVENUE PAX BROUGHT HER OWN BOTTLE ON BOARD. FOUND OUT ABOUT HER BY A PAX TELLING US ABOUT THE BOTTLE. PAX NEXT TO HER FONDLING HER, ACTING LIKE A COUPLE. WAS TOLD AT LEAST TWICE TO SIT UP FOR LNDG. TOOK HER A WHILE TO GATHER HER ITEMS UP TO DEPLANE. I WATCHED HER. VERY INTOXICATED. I SPOKE TO THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO HER. SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DRINK HER OWN LIQUOR ON BOARD, I TOLD HIM. SHE IS NOW PASSED OUT. HE DENIED THAT SHE WAS ONLY SLEEPING. SHE DEPLANED ABRUPTLY.
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.