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Station agent got in a hurry and loaded 4 armed law enforcement officers without notifying the flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 194219 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 12000 |
| ASRS Report | 194219 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Next leg 4 law enforcement officers (armed) boarded with a drug witness for a federal trial. The gate agent failed to notify the flight attendants of the law enforcement officers. Flight attendant questioned me and I informed her that proper procedures would be accomplished and they were at that point. Problem was station agents were in too much of a hurry.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: STATION AGENT GOT IN A HURRY AND LOADED 4 ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE FLC.
Narrative: NEXT LEG 4 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (ARMED) BOARDED WITH A DRUG WITNESS FOR A FEDERAL TRIAL. THE GATE AGENT FAILED TO NOTIFY THE FLT ATTENDANTS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. FLT ATTENDANT QUESTIONED ME AND I INFORMED HER THAT PROPER PROCS WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND THEY WERE AT THAT POINT. PROBLEM WAS STATION AGENTS WERE IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.