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Air carrier captain reported a passenger vomited multiple times during push back. Captain elected to return to gate and have passenger removed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1754019 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Other Push-back |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 7739 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
During push back passenger started to vomit in his seat. Ran into lav continuing to vomit. Exited lav sat in unassigned seat vomited again. Ran into different lav and proceeded to vomit again. Returned to seat and then vomited in the aisle. Ran into a third lav and vomited again. Captain contacted operations and pulled back into gate. Passenger removed. Numerous passengers wanted to exit aircraft over covid fears.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a passenger vomited multiple times during push back. Captain elected to return to gate and have passenger removed.
Narrative: During push back Passenger started to vomit in his seat. Ran into lav continuing to vomit. Exited Lav sat in unassigned seat vomited again. Ran into different Lav and proceeded to vomit again. Returned to seat and then vomited in the aisle. Ran into a third Lav and vomited again. Captain contacted Operations and pulled back into gate. Passenger removed. Numerous passengers wanted to exit aircraft over COVID fears.
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.