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A stowaway was found in the aft lavatory on a hawaii bound flight. It was the spouse of one of the cabin attendants who knew the passenger was hiding in the lavatory during passenger boarding while the aircraft was at the gate in lax.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372705 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 372705 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During cruise flight en route from lax-ogg a call from a flight attendant informed us that we had an extra passenger on board. The aircraft had every seat filled and an extra passenger was hiding in the aft lavatory. Customer service representatives should use a better system for knowing how many seats versus passenger exist on an aircraft. The flight attendants (who were aware of the situation prior to takeoff) should be disciplined for insubordination to set an example. The extra passenger was the spouse of one of the flight attendants.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A STOWAWAY WAS FOUND IN THE AFT LAVATORY ON A HAWAII BOUND FLT. IT WAS THE SPOUSE OF ONE OF THE CABIN ATTENDANTS WHO KNEW THE PAX WAS HIDING IN THE LAVATORY DURING PAX BOARDING WHILE THE ACFT WAS AT THE GATE IN LAX.
Narrative: DURING CRUISE FLT ENRTE FROM LAX-OGG A CALL FROM A FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED US THAT WE HAD AN EXTRA PAX ON BOARD. THE ACFT HAD EVERY SEAT FILLED AND AN EXTRA PAX WAS HIDING IN THE AFT LAVATORY. CUSTOMER SVC REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD USE A BETTER SYS FOR KNOWING HOW MANY SEATS VERSUS PAX EXIST ON AN ACFT. THE FLT ATTENDANTS (WHO WERE AWARE OF THE SIT PRIOR TO TKOF) SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED FOR INSUBORDINATION TO SET AN EXAMPLE. THE EXTRA PAX WAS THE SPOUSE OF ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS.
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.