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Cabin attendant informed flight crew that the drinking water was contaminated. First officer and so had consumed a small amount of coffee made with the water with no ill effects.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 102449 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198812 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 102449 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 102448 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Advised by cabin crew of possible contamination of potable H2O system by sanitation system type chemicals. Confirmed visually and olfactorily. Had ingested less than 1/2 oz of coffee made with suspect H2O. No ill effects noticed at time or at time of submission (incident 36 hours).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT INFORMED FLT CREW THAT THE DRINKING WATER WAS CONTAMINATED. FO AND SO HAD CONSUMED A SMALL AMOUNT OF COFFEE MADE WITH THE WATER WITH NO ILL EFFECTS.
Narrative: ADVISED BY CABIN CREW OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF POTABLE H2O SYSTEM BY SANITATION SYSTEM TYPE CHEMICALS. CONFIRMED VISUALLY AND OLFACTORILY. HAD INGESTED LESS THAN 1/2 OZ OF COFFEE MADE WITH SUSPECT H2O. NO ILL EFFECTS NOTICED AT TIME OR AT TIME OF SUBMISSION (INCIDENT 36 HOURS).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.