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B757 flight delay due to a passenger boarding the aircraft with a knife and identifying it to a flight attendant.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 636352 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200411 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mpto.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 12 flight attendant time total : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 636352 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger contraband non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Company Airport |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Passenger brought a knife on aircraft through security and gave the knife to a flight attendant to return to airport. Captain notified security. All passenger were deplaned and researched and reboarded to proceed with flight. Passenger bringing knife aboard was kept by security in mpto. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the passenger had come forth with the knife after having said that he wanted to deplane to flight attendant #2. That flight attendant alerted the purser of the situation and the passenger then said that he wanted to give the knife to the security personnel at the gate. During the security inspection he had 'forgotten' that he had it on his person. The captain was upset with the lapse in security and had all of the passenger deplaned so that security could screen them again. The subject passenger was of a 'calm demeanor' but was detained for questioning. The flight left without him. Reporter stated her concerns for security at some other stations in south and latin america with some stations not having a gate agent to supervise passenger in the gate area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLT DELAY DUE TO A PAX BOARDING THE ACFT WITH A KNIFE AND IDENTIFYING IT TO A FLT ATTENDANT.
Narrative: PAX BROUGHT A KNIFE ON ACFT THROUGH SECURITY AND GAVE THE KNIFE TO A FLT ATTENDANT TO RETURN TO ARPT. CAPT NOTIFIED SECURITY. ALL PAX WERE DEPLANED AND RESEARCHED AND REBOARDED TO PROCEED WITH FLT. PAX BRINGING KNIFE ABOARD WAS KEPT BY SECURITY IN MPTO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE PAX HAD COME FORTH WITH THE KNIFE AFTER HAVING SAID THAT HE WANTED TO DEPLANE TO FLT ATTENDANT #2. THAT FLT ATTENDANT ALERTED THE PURSER OF THE SIT AND THE PAX THEN SAID THAT HE WANTED TO GIVE THE KNIFE TO THE SECURITY PERSONNEL AT THE GATE. DURING THE SECURITY INSPECTION HE HAD 'FORGOTTEN' THAT HE HAD IT ON HIS PERSON. THE CAPT WAS UPSET WITH THE LAPSE IN SECURITY AND HAD ALL OF THE PAX DEPLANED SO THAT SECURITY COULD SCREEN THEM AGAIN. THE SUBJECT PAX WAS OF A 'CALM DEMEANOR' BUT WAS DETAINED FOR QUESTIONING. THE FLT LEFT WITHOUT HIM. RPTR STATED HER CONCERNS FOR SECURITY AT SOME OTHER STATIONS IN SOUTH AND LATIN AMERICA WITH SOME STATIONS NOT HAVING A GATE AGENT TO SUPERVISE PAX IN THE GATE AREA.
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.