A320 flight attendants reported a communication breakdown between flight attendants and mechanic reg...

Attributes
ACN	1748563
Time
Date	202006
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Emergency Equipment
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

During my preflight safety checks the survival kit lanyards were not visible or accessible. I notified the purser I spoke to maintenance personal who was on the aircraft and I asked him to show me where the lanyards were. He told me only the 757 has them and we do not have ow (over water) equipped airbus aircraft! He came back a few minutes later and opened all of the doors to look for the lanyards. They were under the slide pack clearly not visible or accessible in a water emergency the survival kit would not attach to the slide. We closed the door and continued to ZZZ without the survival kit lanyards being visible and accessible.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Flight Attendants reported a communication breakdown between Flight Attendants and Mechanic regarding incorrectly installed survival kit lanyards.

Narrative: During my preflight safety checks the survival kit lanyards were not visible or accessible. I notified the purser I spoke to maintenance personal who was on the aircraft and I asked him to show me where the lanyards were. He told me only the 757 has them and we do not have OW (Over Water) equipped Airbus aircraft! He came back a few minutes later and opened all of the doors to look for the lanyards. They were under the slide pack clearly not visible or accessible in a water emergency the survival kit would not attach to the slide. We closed the door and continued to ZZZ without the survival kit lanyards being visible and accessible.

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.

A320 flight attendants reported a communication breakdown between flight attendants and mechanic regarding incorrectly installed survival kit lanyards.