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Flight attendant reported allowing passengers to use a lavatory that had been placed on MEL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1688596 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Toilet Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
One of the rear bathrooms was deferred due to toilet flusher broken. The other bathroom was being used by a very sick passenger and had been in there for 45 minutes. There was a long line of people needing to use bathroom. I looked inside bathroom that was broken and noticed that you were able to flush toilet so; I let 2 people go in that said they were in pain and needed to relieve themselves. I then called captain and he said do not let anyone use that bathroom so closed it off. No one else used that bathroom.on an 800 aircraft and on a 5 hour flight all restrooms should be usable. If not; there should be duct tape placed around it so it cannot be opened and no one including flight attendant are tempted to open it and see what was wrong with it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported allowing passengers to use a lavatory that had been placed on MEL.
Narrative: One of the rear bathrooms was deferred due to toilet flusher broken. The other bathroom was being used by a very sick passenger and had been in there for 45 minutes. There was a long line of people needing to use bathroom. I looked inside bathroom that was broken and noticed that you were able to flush toilet so; I let 2 people go in that said they were in pain and needed to relieve themselves. I then called Captain and he said do not let anyone use that bathroom so closed it off. No one else used that bathroom.On an 800 aircraft and on a 5 hour flight all restrooms should be usable. If not; there should be duct tape placed around it so it cannot be opened and no one including Flight Attendant are tempted to open it and see what was wrong with it.
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.