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Attributes | |
ACN | 605106 |
Time | |
Date | 200401 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : rjtg.artcc |
State Reference | FO |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : rjtg.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B777-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | other other |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 14 flight attendant time total : 14 flight attendant time type : 90 |
ASRS Report | 605106 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Events | |
Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence non adherence : company policies other anomaly |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 1 |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control |
Consequence | other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Without warning, aircraft went into a severe and abrupt drop. All persons and items not secured to aircraft were thrust up into the air. I was near the ceiling and could see the beverage cart had risen above passenger seats as well. When aircraft stopped drop, all carts were overturned, coach cabin flight attendants were on the floor, and the coach cabin was covered with beverages and garbage. A row of oxygen masks at row xx deployed. As soon as I believed it safe to stand, I moved to, and belted into, 3R jumpseat. The captain made a PA and I moved through the cabin, checking for passenger injuries. No injuries. After cleaning up passenger, cabin, and ourselves, we resumed service. The entire crew went through the rest of the service 'in shock.' captain never addressed the severity of the drop. He never even came to check out the cabin crew or the cabin condition. He did not talk to anyone in our cabin to ask if we needed medical attention, physically or mentally. On landing, the passenger deplaned and the cockpit crew was gone. The flight attendants were met by flight service supervisors and assisted to a medical facility. I feel there was nothing that could've prevented the aircraft drop, but the captain could've made an effort to communicate with the crew to ensure crew safety as well as checking aircraft integrity to safely continue the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 FLT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED THAT THE CAPT DID NOT PRACTICE EFFECTIVE COM WITH HIS CABIN ATTENDANT CREW AFTER EXPERIENCING SEVERE TURB DURING A FLT FROM RJAA TO ZZZ.
Narrative: WITHOUT WARNING, ACFT WENT INTO A SEVERE AND ABRUPT DROP. ALL PERSONS AND ITEMS NOT SECURED TO ACFT WERE THRUST UP INTO THE AIR. I WAS NEAR THE CEILING AND COULD SEE THE BEVERAGE CART HAD RISEN ABOVE PAX SEATS AS WELL. WHEN ACFT STOPPED DROP, ALL CARTS WERE OVERTURNED, COACH CABIN FLT ATTENDANTS WERE ON THE FLOOR, AND THE COACH CABIN WAS COVERED WITH BEVERAGES AND GARBAGE. A ROW OF OXYGEN MASKS AT ROW XX DEPLOYED. AS SOON AS I BELIEVED IT SAFE TO STAND, I MOVED TO, AND BELTED INTO, 3R JUMPSEAT. THE CAPT MADE A PA AND I MOVED THROUGH THE CABIN, CHKING FOR PAX INJURIES. NO INJURIES. AFTER CLEANING UP PAX, CABIN, AND OURSELVES, WE RESUMED SVC. THE ENTIRE CREW WENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE SVC 'IN SHOCK.' CAPT NEVER ADDRESSED THE SEVERITY OF THE DROP. HE NEVER EVEN CAME TO CHK OUT THE CABIN CREW OR THE CABIN CONDITION. HE DID NOT TALK TO ANYONE IN OUR CABIN TO ASK IF WE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTN, PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY. ON LNDG, THE PAX DEPLANED AND THE COCKPIT CREW WAS GONE. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE MET BY FLT SVC SUPVRS AND ASSISTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. I FEEL THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD'VE PREVENTED THE ACFT DROP, BUT THE CAPT COULD'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CREW TO ENSURE CREW SAFETY AS WELL AS CHKING ACFT INTEGRITY TO SAFELY CONTINUE THE FLT.
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.