B737 flight attendant reported that a crewmember brought onboard a portable battery powered vacuum c...

Narrative:

Upon boarding the plane I saw the B flight attendant using a portable dust buster like vacuum to clean the cabin carpeting. I didn't know it at the time; but this was his personal device. After we took off and began service; I looked at it again and realized that if the device had a thermal battery fire; there was no way it would have fit into a containment bag. Prohibit crewmembers from using/bringing personal battery powered devices that are too big for a containment bag on board the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Attendant reported that a crewmember brought onboard a portable battery powered vacuum cleaner that would not fit into a fire containment bag.

Narrative: Upon boarding the plane I saw the B Flight Attendant using a portable dust buster like vacuum to clean the cabin carpeting. I didn't know it at the time; but this was his personal device. After we took off and began service; I looked at it again and realized that if the device had a thermal battery fire; there was no way it would have fit into a containment bag. Prohibit Crewmembers from using/bringing personal battery powered devices that are too big for a containment bag on board the airplane.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1700350
Time
Date	201911
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

B737 flight attendant reported that a crewmember brought onboard a portable battery powered vacuum cleaner that would not fit into a fire containment bag.