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Attributes | |
ACN | 599588 |
Time | |
Date | 200311 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : abq.airport |
State Reference | NM |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | Mixed |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zab.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B737-800 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : private pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 940 |
ASRS Report | 599588 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
Independent Detector | other other : person 4 |
Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
30 NM west of abq I was informed that a passenger was vomiting in the aft lavatory. The passenger, weighted 200 pounds, had kidney cancer, is taking 6 blood pressure medications and had heart surgery 4 yrs earlier. He had a grey complexion, complained of an aching jaw and continued vomiting throughout the flight. Diversion to abq or subsequently lbb was considered. After discussion with the medical consultant, the assisting flight attendant, the passenger and his wife, the decision was made to continue to our destination (dfw). After landing I learned that the passenger had remained in the lavatory during the landing and taxi to the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: OVERWT PAX ON DOMESTIC FLT IS SICK. NO DIVERSION TAKEN. REMAINED IN LAVATORY VOMITING DURING DSCNT, LNDG AND TAXI TO GATE.
Narrative: 30 NM W OF ABQ I WAS INFORMED THAT A PAX WAS VOMITING IN THE AFT LAVATORY. THE PAX, WEIGHTED 200 LBS, HAD KIDNEY CANCER, IS TAKING 6 BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS AND HAD HEART SURGERY 4 YRS EARLIER. HE HAD A GREY COMPLEXION, COMPLAINED OF AN ACHING JAW AND CONTINUED VOMITING THROUGHOUT THE FLT. DIVERSION TO ABQ OR SUBSEQUENTLY LBB WAS CONSIDERED. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE MEDICAL CONSULTANT, THE ASSISTING FLT ATTENDANT, THE PAX AND HIS WIFE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO OUR DEST (DFW). AFTER LNDG I LEARNED THAT THE PAX HAD REMAINED IN THE LAVATORY DURING THE LNDG AND TAXI TO THE GATE.
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.