Flight attendant report regarding an engine shutdown prior to landing.

Attributes
ACN	413240
Time
Date	199808
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : phl
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	413240
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Captain advised flight attendants prior to landing he was shutting down an engine. He advised no need to prepare for a planned evacuate/evacuation. Captain advised this would be a 'normal' landing since B727 aircraft is very capable of flying on 2 engines. Captain did make a PA, telling the passenger of the situation. As flight attendants, we mentally ran through our evacuate/evacuation procedures, preparing for a worst case scenario. We landed without incident. Passenger very calm. Cockpit crew did an outstanding job keeping us informed of situation, which was the reason for the calm.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING AN ENG SHUTDOWN PRIOR TO LNDG.

Narrative: CAPT ADVISED FLT ATTENDANTS PRIOR TO LNDG HE WAS SHUTTING DOWN AN ENG. HE ADVISED NO NEED TO PREPARE FOR A PLANNED EVAC. CAPT ADVISED THIS WOULD BE A 'NORMAL' LNDG SINCE B727 ACFT IS VERY CAPABLE OF FLYING ON 2 ENGS. CAPT DID MAKE A PA, TELLING THE PAX OF THE SIT. AS FLT ATTENDANTS, WE MENTALLY RAN THROUGH OUR EVAC PROCS, PREPARING FOR A WORST CASE SCENARIO. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PAX VERY CALM. COCKPIT CREW DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB KEEPING US INFORMED OF SIT, WHICH WAS THE REASON FOR THE CALM.

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.