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Attributes | |
ACN | 617360 |
Time | |
Date | 200405 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
State Reference | TX |
Environment | |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach landing : roll |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 4 |
Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 15.5 flight attendant time total : 15.5 flight attendant time type : 95 |
ASRS Report | 617360 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness cabin event : passenger misconduct cabin event : passenger contraband non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
Independent Detector | other other : 4 & 5 |
Consequence | other other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger, a man assigned to a seat, moved to another seat in same row and started to fondle and then bite the breast of passenger seated next to him. A man in the seat directly behind the woman witnessed all of this, then assisted the female passenger by restraining the male passenger who was attacking her. That is when the flight attendants became involved. The perpetrator was extremely intoxicated and was in and out of consciousness. I administered oxygen while 2 nurses assisted. The perpetrator was being very verbal when awake, making statements like, 'I don't want to go to jail' and kept apologizing. His symptoms were consistent with alcohol or drug overdose or a combination of the two. So I searched his bag once paramedics had come on and found an empty 375 milliliter of vodka and 2 empty juice bottles that smelled of vodka as well. Paramedics took the perpetrator to the hospital. Only after deplaning did I hear about the 'assault' to the female passenger. I responded to the medical emergency only. Nobody told us what really happened until everybody had deplaned and the male witness was changing his shirt in the aft lavatory, due to vomit from the perpetrator. I never witnessed any of the above statements because I could not see around the bulkhead in front of me.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 FLT ATTENDANT IN CHARGE RPTED THAT AN INEBRIATED PAX ATTACKED A FEMALE PAX AND WAS RESTRAINED ON A FLT FROM SLC TO DFW.
Narrative: PAX, A MAN ASSIGNED TO A SEAT, MOVED TO ANOTHER SEAT IN SAME ROW AND STARTED TO FONDLE AND THEN BITE THE BREAST OF PAX SEATED NEXT TO HIM. A MAN IN THE SEAT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE WOMAN WITNESSED ALL OF THIS, THEN ASSISTED THE FEMALE PAX BY RESTRAINING THE MALE PAX WHO WAS ATTACKING HER. THAT IS WHEN THE FLT ATTENDANTS BECAME INVOLVED. THE PERPETRATOR WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED AND WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. I ADMINISTERED OXYGEN WHILE 2 NURSES ASSISTED. THE PERPETRATOR WAS BEING VERY VERBAL WHEN AWAKE, MAKING STATEMENTS LIKE, 'I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL' AND KEPT APOLOGIZING. HIS SYMPTOMS WERE CONSISTENT WITH ALCOHOL OR DRUG OVERDOSE OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. SO I SEARCHED HIS BAG ONCE PARAMEDICS HAD COME ON AND FOUND AN EMPTY 375 MILLILITER OF VODKA AND 2 EMPTY JUICE BOTTLES THAT SMELLED OF VODKA AS WELL. PARAMEDICS TOOK THE PERPETRATOR TO THE HOSPITAL. ONLY AFTER DEPLANING DID I HEAR ABOUT THE 'ASSAULT' TO THE FEMALE PAX. I RESPONDED TO THE MEDICAL EMER ONLY. NOBODY TOLD US WHAT REALLY HAPPENED UNTIL EVERYBODY HAD DEPLANED AND THE MALE WITNESS WAS CHANGING HIS SHIRT IN THE AFT LAVATORY, DUE TO VOMIT FROM THE PERPETRATOR. I NEVER WITNESSED ANY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENTS BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE AROUND THE BULKHEAD IN FRONT OF ME.
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.