A B757-200 flight attendant reported that a first class galley cart was loaded on the aircraft with ...

Narrative:

Catering boarded the galley carts for first class as the passengers were boarding. Once boarded I noticed that the drink cart had 3 pieces of blue tape on the front door. I remarked to the caterers that the tape on the cart was unusual. The person boarding the equipment shrugged and continued to complete his duties. At the time I was unaware that the cart door lock was completely inoperative and the tape was used as a feeble substitute to attempt to keep the door closed. During takeoff as we were climbing the quarter-turn and pieces of tape were insufficient enough to keep the cart door closed and it flew open. A bin of soft drinks flew out of the cart and met the opposite side of the galley wall and floor with a loud crash. Following the bin of soft drinks a rack of glasses also left the cart with such force that when they struck floors shards of glass were sprayed all over the galley. It is clear that it was known that the cart door lock was defective as someone attempted to fix the issue with 3 small pieces of tape. I could have been severely lacerated by broken flying glass shards or injured by the flying bin of soft drinks but thankfully was not. I tagged the cart with the appropriate 'green tag' and marked it as inoperative.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 Flight Attendant reported that a first class galley cart was loaded on the aircraft with the door held closed by tape. On takeoff drinks and glasses forced the door open then scattered and broke in the galley.

Narrative: Catering boarded the galley carts for first Class as the passengers were boarding. Once boarded I noticed that the drink cart had 3 pieces of blue tape on the front door. I remarked to the caterers that the tape on the cart was unusual. The person boarding the equipment shrugged and continued to complete his duties. At the time I was unaware that the cart door lock was completely inoperative and the tape was used as a feeble substitute to attempt to keep the door closed. During takeoff as we were climbing the quarter-turn and pieces of tape were insufficient enough to keep the cart door closed and it flew open. A bin of soft drinks flew out of the cart and met the opposite side of the galley wall and floor with a loud crash. Following the bin of soft drinks a rack of glasses also left the cart with such force that when they struck floors shards of glass were sprayed all over the galley. It is clear that it was known that the cart door lock was defective as someone attempted to fix the issue with 3 small pieces of tape. I could have been severely lacerated by broken flying glass shards or injured by the flying bin of soft drinks but thankfully was not. I tagged the cart with the appropriate 'green tag' and marked it as inoperative.

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	881681
Time
Date	201003
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

A B757-200 flight attendant reported that a first class galley cart was loaded on the aircraft with the door held closed by tape. On takeoff drinks and glasses forced the door open then scattered and broke in the galley.