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An escape slide aboard an erj-170 fell out of its container and deployed when a caterer had difficulty closing the door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 907655 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Exterior Pax/Crew Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
While we were taxiing-in a small child vomited. We called for special cleaning of the seat area. The captain opened all of the cabin doors to air out the plane. The catering truck came to the forward cabin door and I was told that the door needed to be shut in order for them to bring the truck up to the plane. I shut the door and we were catered. I went to the aft plane to see if my flying partner needed help with closing her door to prepare for the catering truck. We closed the aft door and I went back to the main cabin door because we were starting to board passengers. I could see that we were being catered in the aft. The captain came on the plane and asked if the doors in the back had been closed. I said we closed the one door for the catering truck and I wasn't sure about the other door. He went to the back of the plane to check the doors. When he came back to the forward area; he said the slide had deployed when the caterer tried to close the door. At this point; we needed to deplane. We went to the next plane and proceeded with our flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An escape slide aboard an ERJ-170 fell out of its container and deployed when a caterer had difficulty closing the door.
Narrative: While we were taxiing-in a small child vomited. We called for special cleaning of the seat area. The Captain opened all of the cabin doors to air out the plane. The catering truck came to the forward cabin door and I was told that the door needed to be shut in order for them to bring the truck up to the plane. I shut the door and we were catered. I went to the aft plane to see if my flying partner needed help with closing her door to prepare for the catering truck. We closed the aft door and I went back to the main cabin door because we were starting to board passengers. I could see that we were being catered in the aft. The Captain came on the plane and asked if the doors in the back had been closed. I said we closed the one door for the catering truck and I wasn't sure about the other door. He went to the back of the plane to check the doors. When he came back to the forward area; he said the slide had deployed when the caterer tried to close the door. At this point; we needed to deplane. We went to the next plane and proceeded with our flight.
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.