<< >> NASA ASRS Report 899596, July 2010

Several flight attendants reported their flight began the takeoff roll following an extensive ground delay with no PA from the flight deck announcing the takeoff was imminent.

Attributes
ACN	899596
Time
Date	201007
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were on tarmac taxiing out. There apparently was a delay in takeoff due to unknown reasons and this was not communicated by the cockpit to the flight attendant's. Because of the delay; safety checks were completed another time to ensure customers were in compliance before takeoff. While safety checks were being completed the pilots had initiated takeoff without making the announcement 'flight attendants prepare for takeoff'. One flight attendant was not close to their assigned jumpseat and had to take closest available jumpseat for safety.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Several flight attendants reported their flight began the takeoff roll following an extensive ground delay with no PA from the flight deck announcing the takeoff was imminent.

Narrative: We were on tarmac taxiing out. There apparently was a delay in takeoff due to unknown reasons and this was not communicated by the cockpit to the flight attendant's. Because of the delay; safety checks were completed another time to ensure customers were in compliance before takeoff. While safety checks were being completed the pilots had initiated takeoff without making the announcement 'flight attendants prepare for takeoff'. One flight attendant was not close to their assigned jumpseat and had to take closest available jumpseat for safety.

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.