A flight attendant reported that after takeoff a strong cold air was coming in the cabin door near h...

Narrative:

I was the #4 flight attendant on a md-80 aircraft. Upon takeoff and climb; I noticed unusually strong cold air coming in under and around the door adjacent to my jumpseat. It was so strong it made any carpet strands ripple. Simultaneously; the cockpit called to apprise us that they were having difficulties pressurizing the cabin and they had declared an emergency returning to the departure airport. I informed the cockpit I felt it was my door leaking. We were informed no special procedures were necessary and that the captain would make an announcement to the passengers; which he did. We landed safely. Aircraft was taken out of service and another was provided at an alternate gate. No further incidents followed. Upon switching aircraft; the cockpit shared with me that this had been written up for four days.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant reported that after takeoff a strong cold air was coming in the cabin door near her jumpseat. The Flight crew then called to report that they were unable to pressurize the aircraft and were returning to land. The door failure was a repeat item.

Narrative: I was the #4 Flight Attendant on a MD-80 aircraft. Upon takeoff and climb; I noticed unusually strong cold air coming in under and around the door adjacent to my jumpseat. It was so strong it made any carpet strands ripple. Simultaneously; the cockpit called to apprise us that they were having difficulties pressurizing the cabin and they had declared an emergency returning to the departure airport. I informed the cockpit I felt it was my door leaking. We were informed no special procedures were necessary and that the Captain would make an announcement to the passengers; which he did. We landed safely. Aircraft was taken out of service and another was provided at an alternate gate. No further incidents followed. Upon switching aircraft; the cockpit shared with me that this had been written up for four days.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	870678
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Exterior Pax/Crew Door
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

A flight attendant reported that after takeoff a strong cold air was coming in the cabin door near her jumpseat. The flight crew then called to report that they were unable to pressurize the aircraft and were returning to land. The door failure was a repeat item.