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Three flight attendants reported arriving at their B757 aircraft; at the scheduled check in time; to find boarding nearly complete with no flight attendants on board. It is not clear how this occurred; but the passengers are deplaned and a security sweep accomplished before reboarding and departing on time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1308250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Security Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Yesterday at xa:58 was going thru security when a passenger behind me stated; 'why were we late since they are boarding'; in which I replied impossible he must have mistaken us for the cancelled flight from the previous night and they sent the passengers to an unscheduled flight for xa:30 departure. I stated that he must have been slightly delayed since our flight has a xc:00 departure with an xb:00 sign in. When my crew and I arrived at the gate we noticed few people in gate area and many boarding our flight! We were in disbelief since it was not even xb:00 and boarding time was not till xb:15! When we approached the agents they were in shock and did not know how to respond to us. We told them that this was a huge security breach and refused to board until they deplaned all passengers and do another security sweep. They did as requested and we boarded; did our equipment check and were able to board and depart on time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Three flight attendants reported arriving at their B757 aircraft; at the scheduled check in time; to find boarding nearly complete with no flight attendants on board. It is not clear how this occurred; but the passengers are deplaned and a security sweep accomplished before reboarding and departing on time.
Narrative: Yesterday at XA:58 was going thru security when a passenger behind me stated; 'why were we late since they are boarding'; in which I replied impossible he must have mistaken us for the cancelled flight from the previous night and they sent the passengers to an unscheduled flight for XA:30 departure. I stated that he must have been slightly delayed since our flight has a XC:00 departure with an XB:00 sign in. When my crew and I arrived at the gate we noticed few people in gate area and many boarding our flight! We were in disbelief since it was not even XB:00 and boarding time was not till XB:15! When we approached the agents they were in shock and did not know how to respond to us. We told them that this was a huge security breach and refused to board until they deplaned all passengers and do another security sweep. They did as requested and we boarded; did our equipment check and were able to board and depart on time.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.