Multiple flight attendant and pilot report, S80, dfw-tus, passenger refused to come out of lavatory ...

Attributes
ACN	442095
Time
Date	199907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : tus.tower
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : tus.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : circling
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 7.5 flight attendant time total : 1.5 flight attendant time type : 90
ASRS Report	442426
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	442095
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct cabin event : passenger contraband non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

A woman came up to the first class lavatory and was in there for 20 mins. Captain came out to use the restroom. I knocked on door to see if she was ok, she replied but couldn't understand her. She came out and went straight back to aft l-hand lavatory. The #4 flight attendant informed me she was in there. Captain said prepare for landing. #4 and #2 flight attendants knocked on the door, but she wouldn't come out. #2 flight attendant unlocked door, a friend of woman was back there. The friend went to open the door. Lady immediately slammed door. I called the captain that he needed to circle airport until the lady would come out. We finally got her out, and flight was met by tus police. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the passenger had been sitting in coach and went up to use the first class lavatory. When the captain came out to use the lavatory, the woman had been in there for at least 20 mins, and finally she left the lavatory. The captain said he could smell burning paraffin. After circling tucson to try and get her out of the back lavatory, the crew saw a hypodermic needle sticking out of her bag, and bloody tissues all over the lavatory. When the police met the aircraft, they pulled up her arm sleeves and saw bloody track marks. The friend traveling with her disappeared before the police could interview her. The reporter also said that she warned the cabin cleaners of the possibility of contaminated blood in the lavatories.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MULTIPLE FLT ATTENDANT AND PLT RPT, S80, DFW-TUS, PAX REFUSED TO COME OUT OF LAVATORY FOR LNDG, DOING DRUGS. POLICE ARREST.

Narrative: A WOMAN CAME UP TO THE FIRST CLASS LAVATORY AND WAS IN THERE FOR 20 MINS. CAPT CAME OUT TO USE THE RESTROOM. I KNOCKED ON DOOR TO SEE IF SHE WAS OK, SHE REPLIED BUT COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER. SHE CAME OUT AND WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO AFT L-HAND LAVATORY. THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME SHE WAS IN THERE. CAPT SAID PREPARE FOR LNDG. #4 AND #2 FLT ATTENDANTS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BUT SHE WOULDN'T COME OUT. #2 FLT ATTENDANT UNLOCKED DOOR, A FRIEND OF WOMAN WAS BACK THERE. THE FRIEND WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR. LADY IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED DOOR. I CALLED THE CAPT THAT HE NEEDED TO CIRCLE ARPT UNTIL THE LADY WOULD COME OUT. WE FINALLY GOT HER OUT, AND FLT WAS MET BY TUS POLICE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE PAX HAD BEEN SITTING IN COACH AND WENT UP TO USE THE FIRST CLASS LAVATORY. WHEN THE CAPT CAME OUT TO USE THE LAVATORY, THE WOMAN HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR AT LEAST 20 MINS, AND FINALLY SHE LEFT THE LAVATORY. THE CAPT SAID HE COULD SMELL BURNING PARAFFIN. AFTER CIRCLING TUCSON TO TRY AND GET HER OUT OF THE BACK LAVATORY, THE CREW SAW A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE STICKING OUT OF HER BAG, AND BLOODY TISSUES ALL OVER THE LAVATORY. WHEN THE POLICE MET THE ACFT, THEY PULLED UP HER ARM SLEEVES AND SAW BLOODY TRACK MARKS. THE FRIEND TRAVELING WITH HER DISAPPEARED BEFORE THE POLICE COULD INTERVIEW HER. THE RPTR ALSO SAID THAT SHE WARNED THE CABIN CLEANERS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATED BLOOD IN THE LAVATORIES.

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.

Multiple flight attendant and pilot report, S80, dfw-tus, passenger refused to come out of lavatory for landing, doing drugs. Police arrest.