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A B757 flight attendant reported that a passenger had been smoking in the lavatory which caused the captain to have the police meet the flight after landing at smf.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 624588 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200407 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : smf.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : nct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| 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 : 18 flight attendant time total : 18 flight attendant time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 624588 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
While doing final safety checks, I was informed by flight attendant #3 that a passenger came out of lavatory smelling like smoke. She denied smoking in lavatory. Other passenger confirmed flight attendant's suspicion that passenger was smoking in lavatory. I called captain and we decided to have flight met. Police met flight and talked to passenger. She (we find out as she deplaned) was also drunk. Passenger was in main cabin and was on a non-revenue company travel pass.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT A PAX HAD BEEN SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY WHICH CAUSED THE CAPT TO HAVE THE POLICE MEET THE FLT AFTER LNDG AT SMF.
Narrative: WHILE DOING FINAL SAFETY CHKS, I WAS INFORMED BY FLT ATTENDANT #3 THAT A PAX CAME OUT OF LAVATORY SMELLING LIKE SMOKE. SHE DENIED SMOKING IN LAVATORY. OTHER PAX CONFIRMED FLT ATTENDANT'S SUSPICION THAT PAX WAS SMOKING IN LAVATORY. I CALLED CAPT AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE FLT MET. POLICE MET FLT AND TALKED TO PAX. SHE (WE FIND OUT AS SHE DEPLANED) WAS ALSO DRUNK. PAX WAS IN MAIN CABIN AND WAS ON A NON-REVENUE COMPANY TRAVEL PASS.
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.